English Explanatory Dictionary

retrorse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Curved, pointed or oriented backward or downward.

Word forms

retrorse more retrorse most retrorse

Etymology

From Latin retrorsus, contracted form of retroversus, from retro (“back”) + versum (“turned”). Doublet of retroverse.

Antonyms

antrorse

Related words

retrorsely
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