Associations to the word «Throwback»

Wiktionary

THROWBACK, noun. A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
THROWBACK, noun. An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
THROWBACK, noun. An atavism.
THROWBACK, noun. A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.

Dictionary definition

THROWBACK, noun. An organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism.
THROWBACK, noun. A reappearance of an earlier characteristic.
THROWBACK, adjective. Characteristic of an atavist.

Wise words

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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe