retrograde
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English < Latin retrogradus.
[edit] Adjective
retrograde (comparative more retrograde, superlative most retrograde)
- Directed backwards, retreating; reverting especially inferior state, declining; inverse, reverse; movement opposite to normal or intended motion, often circular motion.
- Counterproductive to a desired outcome.
- (astronomy, of a body orbiting another) In the opposite direction to the orbited body's spin.
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[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Noun
retrograde (plural retrogrades)
- A degenerate person.
[edit] Etymology 3
From Latin retrōgradior or Late Latin retrogredere (retro- (“back”) + gradi (“walk”)).
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retrograde (third-person singular simple present retrogrades, present participle retrograding, simple past and past participle retrograded)
- (intransitive) To move backwards; to recede; to retire; to decline; to revert.
- (intransitive, astronomy) To show retrogradation.
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retrograde f.
- Feminine plural form of retrogrado
