neoterize
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- neoterise (chiefly British English)
EtymologyEdit
Since the 1870s; after Ancient Greek νεωτερίζω (neōterízō, “to (forcibly) innovate; to revolutionize”) (an -ίζειν (-ízein) derivation of νεώτερος (neṓteros), the comparative of νέος (néos, “new”))); neoteric + -ize.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
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.
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to modernise
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