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neologistic

neologistic adjective: of or pertaining to neologisms.

Adjective

neologistic (comparative more neologistic, superlative most neologistic)

  1. Of or pertaining to neologisms.
    • Neither of these is wholly correct, and the origin of the linguistic application is primarily a result of Yule and Burnell’s own neologistic use.2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 63
    Synonyms:
    neologistical

Synonyms of neologistic

Forms of neologistic

comparativemore neologistic
superlativemost neologistic

Origin of neologistic

From neolog(ism) + -istic.

Words formed from neologistic

Questions about neologistic

What does neologistic mean?
Neologistic means of or pertaining to neologisms.
What part of speech is neologistic?
Neologistic is an adjective.

Words near neologistic in the dictionary

  1. neologises
  2. neologising
  3. neologism
  4. neologisms
  5. neologist
  6. neologistic
  7. neologistical
  8. neologistically
  9. neologists
  10. neologization
  11. neologizations

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