neoteric
/niːə(ʊ)ˈtɛɹɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Modern, new-fangled.
noun
A modern author (especially as opposed to a classical writer).
Example Sentences
- "Among our neoteric verbs, those in -ize are exceedingly numerous."
- "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?"
- "A few words on the two neoteric terms, cybertext and ergodic, are in order."
- "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."
Etymology
From Late Latin neotericus, from Hellenistic Greek νεωτερικός (neōterikós), from comparative of Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”).
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /niːə(ʊ)ˈtɛɹɪk/