Atavic

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  • adj. ancestral, atavistic
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to a remote ancestor, or to atavism.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to atavism; characterized by or exhibiting atavism; reversionary.
    • Word Usage
    "They all spoke in a rough manner; their grammar and word-forms were incorrect; language in them leaped backwards into a curious atavic regression."
     
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