English Explanatory Dictionary

neoterize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To neologize, to coin as a new word.
  2. To modernize.

Pronunciation

/niˈɒtəˌɹaɪz/ /niˈɑtəˌɹaɪz/

Word forms

neoterize neoterizes neoterizing neoterized neoterise

Etymology

Since the 1870s; from Ancient Greek νεωτερίζω (neōterízō, “to (forcibly) innovate; to revolutionize”) (from νεώτερος (neṓteros, “newer”)). By surface analysis, neoteric + -ize.

Related words

neoterically
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