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retroverse

retroverse adjective: arranged in a backwards or reverse manner.

Adjective

retroverse (comparative more retroverse, superlative most retroverse)

  1. Arranged in a backwards or reverse manner.

Synonyms of retroverse

Forms of retroverse

comparativemore retroverse
superlativemost retroverse

Origin of retroverse

From Latin retroversus (“turned back”), from retro (“back”) + versum (“turned”). By surface analysis, retro- + -verse. Doublet of retrorse.

Questions about retroverse

What does retroverse mean?
Retroverse means arranged in a backwards or reverse manner.
What part of speech is retroverse?
Retroverse is an adjective.

Words near retroverse in the dictionary

  1. retrovector
  2. retrovectors
  3. retrovenous
  4. retroventral
  5. retroventrally
  6. retroverse
  7. retroversioflexion
  8. retroversioflexions
  9. retroversion
  10. retroversions
  11. retrovert

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