Neoteric

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /niːə(ÊŠ)ˈtɛɹɪk/

Alternative forms

• neoterical

Origin

From Late Latin neotericus, from Hellenistic Greek νεωτερικός, from comparative of Ancient Greek νέος ("new").

Full definition of neoteric

Adjective

1. Modern, new-fangled.
• Fitzed. HallOur neoteric verbs.''
2. New; recent.
• "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?" — The Toronto Star, August 21, 1998
• "A few words on the two neoteric terms, cybertext and ergodic, are in order." — Cybertext, 1997, Espen Aarseth.

Noun

1. A modern author (especially as opposed to a classical writer).
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p. 140: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.

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