"neoteric" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /niːə(ʊ)ˈtɛɹɪk/ [UK]
Etymology: From Late Latin neotericus, from Hellenistic Greek νεωτερικός (neōterikós), from comparative of Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|LL.|neotericus}} Late Latin neotericus, {{uder|en|grc|νέος||new}} Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} neoteric (not comparable)
  1. Modern, new-fangled. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Ancient Rome
    Sense id: en-neoteric-en-adj-R8nHneIR Disambiguation of Ancient Rome: 30 31 1 14 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 14 3 20 35 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 28 4 14 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 18 3 10 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 20 1 18 30
  2. New; recent. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Ancient Rome
    Sense id: en-neoteric-en-adj-k7AbRjD8 Disambiguation of Ancient Rome: 30 31 1 14 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 14 3 20 35 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 28 4 14 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 18 3 10 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 20 1 18 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: neoterical, neoterick [obsolete]

Noun

IPA: /niːə(ʊ)ˈtɛɹɪk/ [UK] Forms: neoterics [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin neotericus, from Hellenistic Greek νεωτερικός (neōterikós), from comparative of Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|LL.|neotericus}} Late Latin neotericus, {{uder|en|grc|νέος||new}} Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} neoteric (plural neoterics)
  1. A modern author (especially as opposed to a classical writer).
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  2. Someone with new or modern ideas. Categories (topical): Ancient Rome
    Sense id: en-neoteric-en-noun-WRoIwg3T Disambiguation of Ancient Rome: 30 31 1 14 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 14 3 20 35 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 28 4 14 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 18 3 10 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 20 1 18 30
  3. (historical) 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. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Ancient Rome, Poetry, Writing
    Sense id: en-neoteric-en-noun-lXTQ6xwE Disambiguation of Ancient Rome: 30 31 1 14 25 Disambiguation of Poetry: 2 2 6 5 84 Disambiguation of Writing: 24 23 1 13 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 14 3 20 35 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 28 4 14 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 18 3 10 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 20 1 18 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: neoterical, neoterick [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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