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- Dictionaryneoteric/ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈtɛrɪk/
adjective
- 1. new or modern; recent: "another effort by the White House to display its neoteric wizardry went awry"
noun
- 1. a modern person; a person who advocates new ideas.
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adjective. ne· o· ter· ic ˌnē-ə-ˈter-ik. : recent in origin : modern. Did you know? An odd thing about neoteric is that this word for things that are modern and new is itself rather old. It's been part of English since at least 1596, and its roots go back even further—to ancient Greek.
adjective. formal uk / ˌniː.əʊˈter.ɪk / us / ˌniː.oʊˈter.ɪk / Add to word list. new or modern: The company has invested a lot of money in developing neoteric solvents for organic synthesis. The neoteric interpretation of this philosophy is in fact little different from the traditional understanding of it. Fewer examples.
adjective. formal us / ˌniː.oʊˈter.ɪk / uk / ˌniː.əʊˈter.ɪk / Add to word list. new or modern: The company has invested a lot of money in developing neoteric solvents for organic synthesis. The neoteric interpretation of this philosophy is in fact little different from the traditional understanding of it. Fewer examples.
Neoteric means modern or innovative. You might prefer eating at the familiar neighborhood pub instead of the sleek, neoteric restaurant that just opened downtown.
The Neoterikoi ( Ancient Greek: νεωτερικοί; Latin: poetae novi, "new poets") or Neoterics were a series of avant-garde Latin poets who wrote in the 1st century BCE. Neoteric poets deliberately turned away from classical Homeric epic poetry.
adjective. modern; new; recent. noun. a new or modern writer, thinker, etc. neoteric. / ˌniːəʊˈtɛrɪk / adjective. belonging to a new fashion or trend; modern. a neoteric genre.
The earliest known use of the word neoteric is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for neoteric is from 1577, in a translation by Timothy Kendall, translator and poet, et al. neoteric is a borrowing from Latin.
neoteric. View usage for: Source: Google Books Ngram Viewer. 2 meanings: 1. belonging to a new fashion or trend; modern 2. a new writer or philosopher.... Click for more definitions.
neoteric - Used to describe a person, especially an author, it means one belongs to modern/recent times—but it might also refer to a person having a modern outlook or new ideas; when used of things, it indicates that they are modern, new, or recent.
noun. A modern person; one accepting new ideas and practices. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A modern author (especially as opposed to a classical writer). Wiktionary. Advertisement. Other Word Forms of Neoteric. Noun. Singular: neoteric. Plural: neoterics. Origin of Neoteric.
