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Webster 1913 Edition

Atavic

A-tav′ic

,

Adj.

[Cf. F.

atavique

.]

Pertaining to a remote ancestor, or to atavism.

Definition 2024

atavic

atavic

English

Adjective

atavic ‎(comparative more atavic, superlative most atavic)

ancestral, atavistic