Associations to the word «Atavist»
Wiktionary
ATAVIST, noun. A genetic characteristic emerging after absence from several generations.
Dictionary definition
ATAVIST, noun. An organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism.
Wise words
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.