redivivus
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of redivivus
First recorded in 1645–55, redivivus is from the Latin word redivīvus renewed, renovated
Example Sentences
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But occasionally friends, and even viewers will catch a sudden, instantly covered vulnerability, an intimation that all is not Happy Hotpoint redivivus.
From Time Magazine Archive
The author's redivivus creation, the Frankenstein monster, is back again for a new-wave horror movie that sounds like, but is not, a remake of The Bride of Frankenstein.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bond redivivus has been entrusted to John Gardner, a British writer who knows his way around military hardware, neo-villainy and a plot whose absurdity even Ian Fleming might admire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Smiley, the cerebral sleuth, may be as corpulent as Nero Wolfe, but in this adventure he is suddenly Sherlock Holmes redivivus.
From Time Magazine Archive
In virile quality, Madame de Stael seemed rediviva, or should we keep the more familiar masculine gender, and say redivivus? in George Sand.
From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson
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