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Definition of Neologistic
1. a. Of or pertaining to neology; neological.
Definition of Neologistic
1. Adjective. Of, or pertaining to, neologisms. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Neologistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neologistic
Literary usage of Neologistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Journal by National Council of Teachers of English (1919)
"He may drag in one of his neologistic trophies with an effect ludicrous and
grotesque. What of that? At worst, better be a Mrs. Malaprop, who certainly took ..."
2. The Spirit of Russia: Studies in History, Literature and Philosophy by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1919)
"He coined words to suit his ideas, speaking as a materialist of " pure brain "
and " brain equality " ; he ventured on audacious neologistic phrases and ..."
3. The Bookman (1903)
""Would better" is one of those neologistic freaks which are caught up and propagated
by persons who think that they have got hold of something very special, ..."
4. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1908)
"... onslaughts on the characteristics most opposed to theirs, the characteristics
of florid, " conceited," neologistic prose and verse, cannot be denied. ..."
5. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"... may fairly draw from his rhymes, that he preferred the archaic forms which he
had learnt in his youth, and rebelled against all neologistic tendencies. ..."
6. Lectures on the English Language by George Perkins Marsh (1887)
"There is, it must be admitted, a convenience in the double forms of some part of
the German neologistic nomenclature, as for example in the distinction ..."
7. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock, James Strong (1883)
"The plague of darkness in Egypt has been ascribed by various neologistic commentators
to non-miraculous agency, but no sufficient account of it* intense ..."
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