neoteric

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Synonyms: neotenic, esoteric, exoteric, neoterize, enteric, neoterism, neoterist, neopterin, deuteric, neogenic

Antonyms: neotenic, esoteric, exoteric, neoterize, enteric, neoterism, neoterist, neopterin, deuteric, neogenic

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Adjective

1. Modern, [[new-fangled]]. {{defdate|1590s<ref name="Etymonline">{{R:Etymonline}}</ref>}}
2. New; recent. {{defdate|1590s<ref name="Etymonline"/>}}

Noun

1. A modern author (especially as opposed to a classical writer).
2. Someone with new or modern ideas.
3. {{lb|en|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]], {{w|Helvius Cinna}}, {{w|Publius Valerius Cato}}, {{w|Marcus Furius Bibaculus}} and {{w|Quintus Cornificius}}.

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