noun
adjective
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denoting or relating to New Latin
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denoting or relating to language that developed from Latin; Romance
Etymology
Origin of Neo-Latin
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Of this language it may he said that for flexibility, copiousness, freedom of construction, and harmony and beauty of sound, it is the most perfect of all the idioms of the Neo-Latin or Romanic tongues.
From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Anne C. Lynch Botta
The Byzantine basilica was slowly transformed into the Neo-Latin house, and thus, in this important domain also, Europe drew her inspirations from antiquity.
From The Evolution of Love by Ellie Schleussner
It would hardly be possible to find an external cause for the quick and complete disappearance of the elements of the Neo-Latin art.
From The Evolution of Love by Ellie Schleussner
Neo-Latin Poetry The chief pride of the humanists is, however, their modern Latin poetry.
From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt
These Yugo-Slavs are in their turn severed by the Rumanians of Neo-Latin speech from their northern and eastern brethren, the Ruthenians, Poles, Great and Little Russians.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
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