单词 | neophyte |
释义 | neophyte —neophytic /nee'euh fit"ik/, neophytish /nee"euh fuy'tish/, adj. —neophytism /nee"euh fuy tiz'euhm/, n. /nee"euh fuyt'/, n. 1. a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess. 2. Rom. Cath. Ch. a novice. 3. a person newly converted to a belief, as a heathen, heretic, or nonbeliever; proselyte. 4. Primitive Church. a person newly baptized. [1540-50; < LL neophytus newly planted < Gk neóphytos. See NEO-, -PHYTE] Syn. 1. greenhorn, tyro. |
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