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neoteric.

Modern, new-fangled.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/niːə(ʊ)ˈtɛɹɪk/UK
  1. Modern, new-fangled.

    not-comparable
  2. New; recent.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

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

noun/niːə(ʊ)ˈtɛɹɪk/UK
  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.

    historical
Where this word comes from

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

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