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retrogarde

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ret-rog-a-rde
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Descriptive of an art movement, particularly in Slovenia, that looks back to the past, as opposed to avant-garde.

Etymology

From avant-garde, with French avant (“before”) replaced with retro- (“pertaining to an earlier time”). Piecewise doublet of rearguard.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Frequently Paired Words

retrograde

Questions

What does retrogarde mean?
Descriptive of an art movement, particularly in Slovenia, that looks back to the past, as opposed to avant-garde.
Where does retrogarde come from?
It is traced to French.

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