ENT

Meanings

1. Initialism of ear, nose and throat.
2. An otorhinolaryngologist; an ear, nose and throat doctor.

1. A large, fictional, humanoid, walking tree in works by J. R. R. Tolkien.

1. To pour, especially of rain.

1. Alternative letter-case form of ent.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English ent (“giant”), from Proto-West Germanic *anti; introduced by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings, 1954–55, as Ent. Compare Middle English *ent, eont (“giant”), inherited from the Old English word, but which apparently did not survive through the Middle English period into Modern times. Apparently survived in some German dialects as Enz (“giant”), also in composite forms. Compare ettin.