New Latin

American  

noun

1. the Latin that became current, notably in scientific literature, after the Renaissance, c1500. NL, NL., N.L.

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New Latin British  

noun

1. Also called: Neo-Latin.  the form of Latin used since the Renaissance, esp for scientific nomenclature

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Example Sentences

At various points in his life he both studied and taught film, wrote screenplays and helped establish and lead the New Latin American Cinema Foundation in Cuba.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2024

It was borrowed from the New Latin “vaccina,” which goes back to Latin’s feminine “vaccinus,” meaning “of or from a cow.”

From Washington Times • Nov. 29, 2021

It was borrowed from the New Latin "vaccina," which goes back to Latin's feminine "vaccinus," meaning "of or from a cow."

From Fox News • Nov. 29, 2021

In the New Latin form “Johannes factotum,” it was contained in a pamphlet by a playwright criticizing his own industry.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2021

You would begin to talk of scientific languages, of Esperanto, La Langue Bleue, New Latin, Volapuk, and Lord Lytton, of the philosophical language of Archbishop Whateley, Lady Welby's work upon Significs and the like.

From A Modern Utopia by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)