astew
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/əˈstʃʉː/
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/əˈstʃʉː/ · /əˈstjuː/(UK) · /əˈstʃuː/(UK) · /əˈstu/(US)
Definition of astew
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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stewing, very hot and wet
“Then every day has its afternoon shower, the air is heavy and stifling, all the tropic world is asteam and astew and afloat, vegetation is magnificent, insect life triumphant, and the mountains are hidden in nearly perpetual mist.”
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adj
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stewing, very hot and wet
“Then every day has its afternoon shower, the air is heavy and stifling, all the tropic world is asteam and astew and afloat, vegetation is magnificent, insect life triumphant, and the mountains are hidden in nearly perpetual mist.”
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stewing, in a state of agitation
“I, having the fishing germs cultivated a little more than my pals, was all astew to be out on the lake[…].”
“In the meantime the courts, all astew about publicity, have barely begun to use their resources to remedy the real wrong[…].”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From a- + stew (“to suffer under uncomfortably hot conditions; to be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger”).
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