Modern

mod′ėrn, adj. limited to the present or recent time: not ancient: ( Shak. ) commonplace.— n. one who lives in modern times: ( pl. ) the nations of the present day, distinguished from the Greeks and Romans—the ancients.— n. Modern isā′tion .— v.t. Mod′ernise , to adapt to the present time.— ns. Mod′erniser ; Mod′ernism , modern practice or character: something of modern origin; Mod′ernist , an admirer of modern ideas or habits.— adv. Mod′ernly .— ns. Mod′ernne , Mod′ernity , state or quality of being modern. [Fr.,—L. modern us — modo ; just now, orig. abl. of modus .]