neoteric

== English == === Alternative forms === neoterical, neoterick (obsolete) === Etymology === From Late Latin neotericus, from Hellenistic Greek νεωτερικός (neōterikós), from comparative of Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /niːə(ʊ)ˈtɛɹɪk/ === Adjective === neoteric (not comparable) Modern, new-fangled. [1590s] New; recent. [1590s] ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === neoteric (plural neoterics) A modern author (especially as opposed to a classical writer). , 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. Someone with new or modern ideas. (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. === References === === Further reading === Dictionary.com's entry for neoteric. === Anagrams === erection