Neoteric
/niːə(ʊ)ˈtɛɹɪk/ adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A modern author (especially as opposed to a classical writer).
"Galen himself writes promiscuously of them both by reason of their affinity; but most of our neoterics do handle them apart, whom I will follow in this treatise."
- 2 Someone with new or modern ideas.
- 3 any poet who belonged to the neoterics, a series of avant-garde Latin poets who wrote in the 1st century BC such as Catullus, Helvius Cinna, Publius Valerius Cato, Marcus Furius Bibaculus and Quintus Cornificius. historical
Adjective
- 1 Modern, new-fangled. not-comparable
"Among our neoteric verbs, those in -ize are exceedingly numerous."
- 2 New; recent. not-comparable
"Should it all come crashing in on us . . . will there be enough luddites, whose hands remember, to free us from the chains of neoteric technology?"
Example
More examples"Among our neoteric verbs, those in -ize are exceedingly numerous."
Etymology
From Late Latin neotericus, from Hellenistic Greek νεωτερικός (neōterikós), from comparative of Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”).