retrovert

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To turn back; to return to a previous state.
noun
  1. One who returns to their original creed.

Word forms

retrovert retroverts retroverting retroverted

Etymology

From retro- + Latin vertere, versum (“to turn”). Compare retrorse.

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