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re⋅trorse

  [ri-trawrs, ree-trawrs]
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–adjective
turned backward.
Origin:
1815–25; < L retrōrsus, contracted form of retrōversus bent backward, equiv. to retrō- retro- + versus (ptp. of vertere to turn); see retroversion

Related forms:
re⋅trorse⋅ly, adverb
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re·trorse   (rĭ-trôrs', rē'trôrs')   
adj.  Directed or turned backward or downward.

[Latin retrōrsus, from retrōversus : retrō-, retro- + versus, past participle of vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
re·trorse'ly adv.
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