neoterize

English

Alternative forms

• neoterise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

Since the 1870s; from Ancient Greek νεωτερίζω (neōterízō, “to (forcibly) innovate; to revolutionize”) (from νεώτερος (neṓteros, “newer”)). By surface analysis, neoteric +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /niˈɒtəˌɹaɪz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /niˈɑtəˌɹaɪz/

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.

Related terms

• neoterically

Translations

to modernise

• German: neue Wortschöpfungen einführen