modern
/ˈmɑ.dɚn/ noun C2- Someone who lives in modern times.
Plural moderns
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“Alas, my boy,” said he, “human knowledge is confined within very narrow limits; and when I have taught you mathematics, physics, history, and the three or four modern languages with which I am acquainted, you will know as much as I do myself.
"For a mixture of the modern and the mediæval, of the practical and of the wildly fanciful, I think this is surely the limit," said he.
“Yes, I speak five of the modern tongues—that is to say, German, French, Italian, English, and Spanish; by the aid of ancient Greek I learned modern Greek—I don’t speak it so well as I could wish, but I am still trying to improve myself.”
“That is also quite modern,” said the lady.
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