neoteric | Word of the Day

January 02, 2019 neoteric [nee-uh-ter-ik] adjective 1. modern; new; recent. noun 1. a new or modern writer, thinker, etc. ways-to-say Top 10 Acronyms That Will Make Your Life Easier video We Asked People To Translate These Emojis Into English WORD OF THE DAY neoteric continued... QUOTES ... they call me a singular, a pedant, fantastic, words of reproach in this age, which is all too neoteric and light for my humour. -- Charles Lamb, "Fragments from Burton," John Woodvil, 1802 ORIGIN English neoteric comes straight from Late Latin neōtericus, straight from Hellenistic Greek neōterikós "young, youthful, modern (in style)." The Greek root is neo- "new" (newo- in some dialects), akin to Latin novus "new" (from newos), Germanic (English) new, and Slavic (Polish) nowy. The Proto-Indo-European suffix -ter- has several functions, one of them showing naturally occurring pairs, e.g., older and younger (as here), right and left, upper and lower. The Latin suffix -icus is of Proto-Indo-European origin, the same source as Greek -ikós, and Germanic -ig- (German -ig, English -y). The most famous of the Greek neōterikói was the poet and critic Callimachus (c310-c240 b.c.); the most famous Latin neōtericus (and the only one whose works has survived) was Catullus (c84-c54 b.c.). Neoteric entered English in the 16th century. MORE FOR YOU 1 Haiku Shows Poetry Doesn't Need To Be Complicated These examples of haiku show that the most beautiful poetry may be the simplest. 2 Here's This Week's Quiz, You Luculent Duck Don't let your lardy-dardy party make you tardy to this week's Word of the Day Quiz. 3 Recite These Drunken Quotes At Your Next Happy Hour From wine to whiskey, these authors have something to say about their love of booze. 4 The Words You Need For Every Decade Of Your Life When we're young, we desperately want to be grown up. Then once we realize we're old, we start to spend too much time thinking about ways to turn back the clock. Why can't we just be satisfied with where we are? These words should help clarify that feeling ... 5 The Most Notorious Nicknames In History Nicknames are usually cute endearments we give to friends or loved ones. But sometimes, we attribute nicknames to infamous figures of notoriety. Think "Ivan the Terrible" or "The Butcher of Bosnia" or Vlad the Impaler." Here are the most notorious nicknames in history. © 2018 Dictionary.com, LLC. ABOUT CONTACT You are subscribed to the Word of the Day as: matzom229@gmail.com Subscriber since: September 06, 2017 Unsubscribe Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 500 Oakland CA 94607 Manage your subscription Terms & Privacy