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Neo-Latin

[ nee-oh-lat-n ]

Neo-Latin

/ ˌniːəʊˈlætɪn /

noun

  1. another term for New Latin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. denoting or relating to New Latin
  2. denoting or relating to language that developed from Latin; Romance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Neo-Latin1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

It was then proposed to convene an international neo-Latin congress; but it is not surprising to hear that nothing came of it.

After being Tuscan and neo-Latin, the literature which expressed the nation now became Italian.

Neo-Latin literature dwindled away to nothing, and Palladio was followed by the violent reactionaries of the barocco mannerism.

Yet the decorative prodigality of this master corresponded to the frigid and stylistic graces of the neo-Latin poets.

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