neoteric

English

Alternative forms

• neoterical

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin neotericus, from Hellenistic Greek νεωτερικός (neōterikós), from comparative of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːə(ʊ)ˈtɛɹɪk/

Adjective

neoteric (not comparable)

1. Modern, new-fangled.
   • 1873, Fitzedward Hall, Modern English, page 294

     Among our neoteric verbs, those in -ize are exceedingly numerous.

2. New; recent.
   • 1998, The Toronto Star, August 21

     Should it all come crashing in on us . . . will there be enough luddites, whose hands remember, to free us from the chains of neoteric technology?

   • 1997, Espen Aarseth, Cybertext

     A few words on the two neoteric terms, cybertext and ergodic, are in order.

Noun

neoteric (plural neoterics)

1. A modern author (especially as opposed to a classical writer).
   • Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.140:

     Galen himself writes promiscuously of them both by reason of their affinity; but most of our neoterics do handle them apart, whom I will follow in this treatise.

2. Someone with new or modern ideas.

Further reading

• Dictionary.com's entry for neoteric.

Anagrams

• erection