modernusn.

Brit.

/mɒˈdəːnəs/,

/məˈdəːnəs/, U.S.

/mɑˈdərnəs/,

/məˈdərnəs/

Inflections: Plural moderni.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from German. Partly a borrowing from Latin Etymons: German Modernus; Latin modernus.

Etymology: < < (i) German Modernus (1948 in the passage translated in quot. 1953) and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin modernus modern n.Not fully naturalized in English. In plural form moderni after the Latin plural form.

Now rare.

An advocate of modern ideas or theories; a person characterized by modernness of thinking.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [noun] > modernity > one who is modern in methods or opinions

modernist1864

new eraist1872

modern1888

presentist1923

modernus1953

1953 W. R. Trask tr. E. R. Curtius European Lit. ii. xiii. 490 He is a modernus and considers that the ancients had loaded down their poetic narratives with a superfluity of similes, rhetorical figures, and digressions... These moderni of 1175..either consciously break with the theory of imitatio or restrict it very considerably.

1962 M. McLuhan Gutenberg Galaxy 183 Francis Bacon, PR voice for the moderni, had both his feet in the Middle Ages.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	modernus
释义	modernusn. Brit. /mɒˈdəːnəs/, /məˈdəːnəs/, U.S. /mɑˈdərnəs/, /məˈdərnəs/ Inflections: Plural moderni. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from German. Partly a borrowing from Latin Etymons: German Modernus; Latin modernus. Etymology: < < (i) German Modernus (1948 in the passage translated in quot. 1953) and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin modernus modern n.Not fully naturalized in English. In plural form moderni after the Latin plural form. Now rare. An advocate of modern ideas or theories; a person characterized by modernness of thinking. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [noun] > modernity > one who is modern in methods or opinions modernist1864 new eraist1872 modern1888 presentist1923 modernus1953 1953 W. R. Trask tr. E. R. Curtius European Lit. ii. xiii. 490 He is a modernus and considers that the ancients had loaded down their poetic narratives with a superfluity of similes, rhetorical figures, and digressions... These moderni of 1175..either consciously break with the theory of imitatio or restrict it very considerably. 1962 M. McLuhan Gutenberg Galaxy 183 Francis Bacon, PR voice for the moderni, had both his feet in the Middle Ages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1953
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