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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley