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Definition of Neoteric
1. a. Recent in origin; modern; new.
2. n. One of modern times; a modern.
Definition of Neoteric
1. Adjective. Modern, new-fangled. ¹
2. Adjective. New; recent. ¹
3. Noun. A modern author (especially as opposed to a classical writer). ¹
4. Noun. Someone with new or modern ideas. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Neoteric
1. a modern author [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neoteric
Literary usage of Neoteric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Johann Lorenz Mosheim (1845)
"The former seems to be a description of that very fate, that is maintained by
some neoteric Christians ; the latter is the fate of the Stoics; ..."
2. Later Writings of Bishop Hooper: Together with His Letters and Other Pieces by John Hooper (1852)
"Omnes enim neoteric! dicant quod Christus est sub forma panis et vini in ...
Miror igitur qua temeritate et audacia isti neoteric! audeant Christum verum ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1814)
"... be questioned whether the critics are to be justified in altering them into
the more ancient forms in avto. To the neoteric verbs in onco may be added ..."
4. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1837)
"... yet it has been principally maintained by some .neoteric Christians, contrary
to the sense of the ancient church. Secondly, such as suppose a Deity, ..."
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