MODERN
ADJECTIVES
1542 ► MODERNAL belonging to the present day → obs.
1588 ► NEOTERICAL recent, new, modern
1596 ► NEOTERIC recent, new, modern
1864 ► TO-DAYISH pert. to the present time; characteristically modern
1942 ► BURNT TO A CRISP modern, recent → US sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► OUT OF THE OVEN modern, recent → US sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1857 ► NEOTERICS the study of modern things
NOUNS, PERSON
– GIRL OF THE PERIOD a modern girl …c1880 colloq. society usage
– MODERN a person who lives in or belongs to the present time; a person who belongs to a modern period or epoch, as contrasted with an ancient one …1585
– MODERNER * a person who lives in or belongs to the present time …1592
– MODERNICIDE † a person who kills ‘moderns’ (supporters or followers of modern ways or methods) …1760
– MODERNIST † a person who lives in or belongs to the present time; a person who belongs to a modern period or epoch …1588
– MODERNIST a supporter or follower of modern ways or methods; a person averring the superiority of modern over ancient literature …1703
– MODERNUS * an advocate of modern ideas or theories; a person characterized by modernness of thinking …1953
– NEOTERIC a modern; a modern writer or author …1598
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