retro

¹

[ re-troh ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. retroactive:

   retro pay.

2. of or designating the style of an earlier time:

   retro clothes.

retro-

²

1. a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin meaning “backward” ( retrogress ); on this model, used in the formation of compound words ( retrorocket ).

retro

¹

/ ˈrɛtrəʊ /

noun

1. See retrorocket
   short for retrorocket

adjective

1. denoting something associated with or revived from the past

   retro fashion

   retro dressing

retro-

²

prefix

1. back or backwards

   retroactive

2. located behind

   retrolental

Word History and Origins

Origin of retro¹

By shortening

Origin of retro²

< Latin, representing retrō (adv.), backward, back, behind

Word History and Origins

Origin of retro¹

from Latin retrō behind, backwards

Example Sentences

“I was delighted to collaborate,” he said in the interview with Retro Report.

From The Daily Beast

Familiarity with search-engines helps, a strange quirk of working in this retro medium.

From The Daily Beast

It’s arguably the best film of the ‘90s—a postmodern pop culture smorgasbord awash in nihilism and dripping with retro cool.

From The Daily Beast

[Laughs] He thought it was some retro-recreation or something.

From The Daily Beast

Why did you feel the need to spice it up with retro tuneage?

From The Daily Beast

Further to the east, as we shall find in due course, may be seen the low vaulted retro-choir or ambulatory of one bay.

From Project Gutenberg

East of the retro-choir is the exterior of a staircase leading from the north choir aisle to the clerestory parapet.

From Project Gutenberg

A stone on the floor of the retro-choir to John Johnson, master and mariner, dated 1737, is crowded with nautical metaphor.

From Project Gutenberg

Sicque duorum solus uictor existens, Danis irrogatam multis retro temporibus infamiam gloriosa uirtute magnifice satis aboleuit.

From Project Gutenberg

Of course, ground control was to be used only if the astronaut failed to ignite the retro-rockets himself.

From Project Gutenberg