neophytes

[nee-uh-fahyt]

noun

a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.

Roman Catholic Church. a novice.

a person newly converted to a belief, as a heathen, heretic, or nonbeliever; proselyte.

Primitive Church. a person newly baptized.

Origin:
1540–50; < Late Latin neophytus newly planted < Greek neóphytos. See neo-, -phyte

Related forms

ne·o·phyt·ic

[nee-uh-fit-ik] , ne·o·phyt·ish

[nee-uh-fahy-tish] , adjective

ne·o·phyt·ism

[nee-uh-fahy-tiz-uhm] , noun

Synonyms
1. greenhorn, tyro.

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Neophytes is always a great word to know.

So is callithumpian. Does it mean:

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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