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neoteric
CIDE DICTIONARY
neoteric, a. [L. neotericus, Gr. newteriko`s, fr. new`teros, compar. of ne`os young, new.].
Recent in origin; modern; new. Fitzed. Hall. [1913 Webster]
"Some being ancient, others neoterical."
[1913 Webster]
neoteric, n.
One of modern times; a modern. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
neoteric, adj. literary recent; newfangled; modern.
Etymology
LL neotericus f. Gk neoterikos (neoteros compar. of neos new)
ROGET THESAURUS
neoteric
Newness
N newness, novelty, recency, immaturity, youth, gloss of novelty, innovation, renovation, modernism, mushroom, parvenu, latest fashion, new, novel, recent, fresh, green, young, evergreen, raw, immature, unsettled, yeasty, virgin, untried, unhandseled, untrodden, untrod, unbeaten, fire-new, span-new, late, modern, neoteric, hypermodern, nouveau, new-born, nascent, neonatal, new-fashioned, new-fangled, new-fledged, of yesterday, just out, brand-new, up to date, up to the minute, with it, fashionable, in fashion, in, hip, vernal, renovated, sempervirent, sempervirid, fresh as a rose, fresh as a daisy, fresh as paint, spick and span, newly, afresh, anew, lately, just now, only yesterday, the other day, latterly, of late, not long ago, a short time ago, di novello tutto par bello, nullum est jam dictum quod non dictum est prius, una scopa nuova spazza bene.
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