Saturday, September 1, 2007

Dictionary Corner #6

Atavistic – adjective,

Related or reverting to the feelings or behaviour of the earliest humans: an atavistic fear of the dark

- DERIVATIVES atavism noun, atavistically adverb

- ORIGIN Latin atavus ‘forefather’
Posted by agus at 9:48 AM

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