Neoteric Definition

nēə-tĕrĭk
adjective
Recent; new; newly invented.
Webster's New World
noun
A modern person; one accepting new ideas and practices.
Webster's New World
A modern author (especially as opposed to a classical writer).
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Other Word Forms of Neoteric

Noun

Singular:
neoteric
Plural:
neoterics

Origin of Neoteric

  • Late Latin neōtericus from Greek neōterikos from neōteros younger comparative of neos new newo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Late Latin neotericus, from Hellenistic Greek νεωτερικός (neōterikos), from comparative of Ancient Greek νέος (neos, “new").

    From Wiktionary

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