neoteric

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Modern, new-fangled.
2. (not-comparable) New; recent.

Noun

1. A modern author (especially as opposed to a classical writer).
2. Someone with new or modern ideas.
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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/niːə(ʊ)ˈtɛɹɪk/

Etymology

From Late Latin neotericus, from Hellenistic Greek νεωτερικός (neōterikós), from comparative of Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”).

Synonyms

newest

latest

recent

Translations

modern

nieuwste