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Neoterize

Ne-ot′er-ize

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Neoterized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Neoterized
.]
[Gr. [GREEK] to innovate.]
To innovate; to coin or introduce new words.
Freely as we of the nineteenth century
neoterize
.
fized. Hall.

Definition 2024

neoterize

neoterize

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Verb

neoterize ‎(third-person singular simple present neoterizes, present participle neoterizing, simple past and past participle neoterized)

  1. (intransitive) to neologize, to coin as a new word.
  2. (intransitive) to modernize.

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Etymology

Since the 1870s; after Ancient Greek νεωτερίζω ‎(neōterízō, “to (forcibly) innovate; to revolutionize”) (an -ίζειν derivation of νεώτερος, the comparative of νέος "new")); neoteric + -ize.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /niˈɒtəˌraɪz/

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