Neoterize
//niˈɒtəˌɹaɪz// verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To neologize, to coin as a new word. intransitive
- 2 To modernize. intransitive
Etymology
Since the 1870s; from Ancient Greek νεωτερίζω (neōterízō, “to (forcibly) innovate; to revolutionize”) (from νεώτερος (neṓteros, “newer”)). By surface analysis, neoteric + -ize.
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