neonism
English
Etymology
Formed irregularly from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS. (neon: neuter singular form of Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS., neos, “new”) + the English -ism; compare the closely related ne- and neon, as well as the earlier synonym neologism.
Pronunciation
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Noun
neonism (countable and uncountable, plural neonisms)
- (rare, linguistics) A word or phrase which has recently been coined; a new word or phrase, a neologism.
- 1883, S. Mullen, The Melbourne Review, Volume 8. p. 204:
- Now, it will not be denied that in the present day two great sources of the modification of our language are native slang and American neonism.
- 1948, Johnson O'Connor, English Vocabulary Builder, vol. 2:
- Blurb is a neonism, a modern manufactured word which appears in only the most recent dictionaries.
- 1883, S. Mullen, The Melbourne Review, Volume 8. p. 204:
See also
References
- “†neonism, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision, Dec. 2009]