modern

& s. [ Fr.moderne, from Lat. mod ern us of the present mode or fashion, modern; from modus a measure; cf. modo =just now; Ital. & Sp. moder no.] A. As adjective : 1. Belonging or pertaining to the present time or time not long pa ed; late, recent, not ancient; not remote in point of time. "For faults which modern times not strange have thought." Stirling: Domesday; Sixth Hour "Scribblers send us over their trash in prose and verse, Swift: The Battle of the Books. *2. Modern character; modern method or way of thinking or regarding matters.