neo-

Usage

• neophyte

  A neophyte is a person who is just beginning to learn a subject or skill—or how to do an activity of some kind.

• neologism

  A neologism is a new word or expression in a language or an existing word used with a new meaning.

• neolithic

  of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic)

• neon

  a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube

• neonatal

  relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth

• neonate

  a baby from birth to four weeks