neoteric

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Modern, new-fangled.
  2. New; recent.
noun
  1. A modern author (especially as opposed to a classical writer).
  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.

Pronunciation

/niːə(ʊ)ˈtɛɹɪk/

Word forms

neoteric neoterical neoterick neoterics

Etymology

From Late Latin neotericus, from Hellenistic Greek νεωτερικός (neōterikós), from comparative of Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”).

Derived words

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