neoterize
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- neoterise (non-Oxford British English)
Etymology edit
Since the 1870s; from Ancient Greek νεωτερίζω (neōterízō, “to (forcibly) innovate; to revolutionize”) (from νεώτερος (neṓteros, “newer”)). By surface analysis, neoteric + -ize.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /niˈɒtəˌɹaɪz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /niˈɑtəˌɹaɪz/
Verb edit
neoterize (third-person singular simple present neoterizes, present participle neoterizing, simple past and past participle neoterized)
- (intransitive) to neologize, to coin as a new word.
- (intransitive) to modernize.
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Translations edit
to modernise
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