retroadj.n.²

Brit.

/ˈrɛtrəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈrɛtroʊ/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymon: French rétro.

Etymology: Probably < French rétro (adjective) that imitates or evokes a style from the relatively recent past (1974 or earlier), (noun) fashion or style of this type, person who adopts such a fashion or style (1974), shortened < rétrospectif retrospective adj.

A. adj.

Esp. of fashion, music, or design: characterized by imitation or revival of a style from the (relatively recent) past; (more generally) backward-looking, nostalgic, esp. affectedly so.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > retro

throwback1968

retro1972

1972 Chicago Tribune 29 Jan. n13 Yves Saint Laurent returns to simple elegance... Yves now drops the..tacky retro look that provoked criticism in the past.

1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Jan. 25/2 She will be eighty-five this year, so her Georgianism is real, not retro.

1979 Washington Post 29 May b3/5 To be fashionable,..retro-slang must be musty enough to be conspicuously self-conscious.

1982 Face May 38/2 It managed..to reconstruct Art Deco as a complete period fantasy, dutifully retro but also fantastically modern.

1984 E. Jong Parachutes & Kisses ix. 157 She..slipped a scrawled card into his breast pocket... Kevin was delighted... (Any guy who wore a ‘retro’ tux would have to be.)

1985 Village Voice (N.Y.) 8 Jan. 55/3 The rhythmically retro little track, for instance, exposes the not-necessarily-endearing frailty of her voice.

1995 Independent 6 Oct. (Suppl.) 25/1 The first rule of retro-fashion..is that if you are old enough to remember wearing it the first time, don't even think about wearing it on the revival.

1997 Big Issue 29 Sept. (Student Suppl.) 17/2 The Stable Market is also full of cheap retro clothes—racks of checked flares, nylon zip-up sports tops and granny shoes.

2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane ii. 49 The ‘living room’ in the middle was arranged with a collection of retro furniture straight out of [the film] 2001.

B. n.²

A style characterized by imitation or revival of something (esp. fashion, music, or design) from the (relatively recent) past; retro fashion, music, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > old-fashioned, nostalgic, or gentle style

archaism1643

lavender and old lace1966

retro1974

1974 Los Angeles Times 9 May iv. 1/3 She agrees with the idea of Retro as a legitimate fashion reflection of the world's current fascination with the past.

1983 Daily Tel. 18 Mar. 17/4 No retro from this designer,..but just gorgeous colour.

1986 Q Oct. 69/3 Carmel [sc. a band] have set up camp on that sacred turf the Americans now delight in calling ‘retro’. A throw-back. Something you missed the first time round but wouldn't mind a small portion reheated because you always wondered what it tasted like.

1993 L. Titchener Homebody iii. 38 Either Damon Wilkes was masterful at scavenging dumps or he had money. Retro is pricey these days.

2001 Evening Times (Electronic ed.) 4 Apr. Forget the faddy Fame T-shirts or the Madonna-styled ripped mesh tops, this is the kind of wearable retro that won't make you feel like a fashion victim.

2003 N. Gregson & L. Crewe Second-hand Cultures iii. 73 Although steering clear of glitz, glamour and sportswear, the commercial end of retro has been admitted here.

Compounds

C1. Compounds of the adjective.

retro-chic adj. and n.

ΚΠ

1978 Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune xii. 6/2 The European slimmed-down couture—the ‘retro-chic’ silhouette.

1979 N.Y. Times 4 Jan. c2/1 Perhaps, like everything else, it is part of retro-chic.

2000 Independent 12 May ii. 1/5 The roadside diner, with its chrome-edged lunch counter, mock-leather booths and tabletop juke-boxes, has ceded so much ground to McDonald's and Burger King that it is starting to return as retro-chic parody.

2006 D. Edgerton Shock of Old (2008) iii. 57 Another long-lived technology, it [sc. the Aga] acquired the patina of retro-chic in an era when the major expansion was in gas and electric ranges.

retro-cool n. and adj.

ΚΠ

1991 Guardian 13 July (Weekend Suppl.) 13 The mid-Eighties Brylcreem Boy, all slicked back hair, cheekbones and retro-cool.

1991 Premiere Aug. 19/2 Buffa's unconscious retro-cool decor and age-ripened ambience are dominated by the incessantly chattering headwaitress and resident legend, Adele.

2006 Wired Apr. 34/4 So much for Grand Theft Auto. Despite the latest developments.., our tribe is addicted to well-made, retro-cool titles.

retro culture n.

ΚΠ

1980 R. Pollack Golden Vanity vi. 67 It smacked of retro culture, like a desire to study Center's history before it became Center, before the ships arrived and the companies formed, when people lived in the open air, in cities, on farms.

1988 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 30 May 32 The last remaining era of retro-culture to be exploited—the 70s.

2006 J. Charyn Raised by Wolves iii. 76 Mia and Marcellus and Jules are part of a retro culture that constantly recycles itself and all its junk.

retro-futurism n. the use of a style or aesthetic considered futuristic in an earlier era.

ΚΠ

1988 Inland Architect May–June 2/1 (title) Retro-futurism and Seaside Midwest.

1990 Newsday (N.Y.) 5 July iii. 7/2 Mugler's Vinyl Moon Suits. Retro futurism from the showman of French fashion.

2002 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 5 Oct. (Toronto ed.) 1 It's..the kind of building designed by a guy in the '90s imagining what a guy in the '50s would think a building in the '90s would look like. Retro-futurism, if you will.

retro-futurist adj. = retro-futuristic adj.

ΚΠ

1986 New Yorker 10 Feb. 109/3 He presents a retro-futurist fantasy..and keeps it perking by cartoon techniques and black humor.

1999 Independent (Nexis) 9 July 16 The sci-fi-inspired artwork..depicts the Brothers making a dramatic departure.., carried by retro-futurist jet packs.

retro-futuristic adj. having both retro and futuristic elements; of or resembling a style or aesthetic considered futuristic in an earlier era.

ΚΠ

1983 N.Y. Times 27 Oct. a23 (advt.) Silverized steel and sleek grey linked for a retro-futuristic look.

1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 26 Sept. 31 Her albums..set..retro-futuristic analog synth sounds against weird ruminations on colour theory.

2006 Daily Tel. (Australia) (Nexis) 27 Sept. 51 Described as ‘space age’ in 1968, it now has a slightly retro-futuristic look about it.

C2. Compounds of the noun.

a. General attributive, objective, and instrumental, as retro-fest, retro-inspired, retro-merchant, retro-tinged, etc.

ΚΠ

1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Sept. 1076/1 If any decade of the twentieth century stands out as drably horrible, it is the 1940s; but this has not stopped retro-merchants glamorizing its homely glamour.

1978 Chicago Tribune 11 Sept. ii. 6/2 (caption) Among retro-inspired separates at French Incidentals are tweedy argyle sweaters.

1987 Campaign (Nexis) 22 May Being different in BBH's case is to look noticeably more eighties than the retro-obsessed pack of agencies.

1991 S. Faludi Backlash ii. vii. 179 For the next three years, his five subsequent retro-tinged fashion shows fell flat.

1997 T3 Jan. 18/2 There are plenty of other links to [Rubik] Cube-related sites to whet your retro-appetite.

2003 Mojo Nov. 11/2 London's retro-inclined niterie, Rock'n'Roll.

2004 Independent 10 Mar. (Review section) 19/1 These books will be any good retro-fetishist reaching for their wallet—they are simple, stylish and stapled.

2007 Future Music Feb. 71/2 Valves, transformers and ribbons—what a retro-fest!

retromania n.

ΚΠ

1986 Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 7 Apr. 34/1 Retromania is sweeping TV this season, with reunion movies based on such vintage series as ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ and ‘Perry Mason’.

2007 Uncut Feb. 89/3 Yet now that our sense of pop time and historical sequence is utterly jumbled thanks to retromania and downloading, it's easy to decontextualise.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

retroadv.

Brit.

/ˈrɛtrəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈrɛtroʊ/

Forms: 1600s retrò, 1700s– retro.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin retrō.

Etymology: < classical Latin retrō (see retro- prefix). Compare Middle French retro (a1403 in apparently isolated use).

Now rare (chiefly Scots Law in later use).

Backwards; into the past. Also (now usually): retrospectively, with retrospective effect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > backwards in time or into the past

upwardc1055

backward1562

retro1634

upwards1689

back1711

recessively1880

1634 T. Jackson Knowledg of Christ Jesus xxv. 258 Whether..it [sc. the Resurrection of Jesus] tooke aswell retrò as antè, or have any especiall reference to what is past.

1714 W. Forbes Jrnl. Session 1705–13 195 The compensing Subject being Victual, and not Mony..did not compense retro from the Time of the Concourse.

1771 Encycl. Brit. II. 931/1 The compensation, after it is admitted by the judge, operates, retro,..to the time that, by the parties acknowledgment, the debt became due.

1861 J. Trayner Lat. Phrases & Maxims 141 Such accretion acts retro, and validates the deeds otherwise invalid, as of their own respective dates.

1908 Sc. Law Reporter 45 68/2 If the cheque were duly honoured it operated retro.

1929 Session Cases 491 When he was suing his father or tutor, the action was brought in the name of the pupil alone, and when it came into Court a tutor ad litem was appointed. The appointment operated retro and validated the pursuit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	retro
释义	retron.¹ Brit. /ˈrɛtrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈrɛtroʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: retro-rocket n. Etymology: Short for retro-rocket n. Astronautics and Science Fiction. = retro-rocket n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > rocket > [noun] > types of rocket engine retro-rocket1951 sustainer1951 vernier1958 retro-engine1960 posigrade rocket1961 retro1961 thruster1962 strap-on1966 1961 New Scientist 21 Sept. 719/3 Because of..the impulse of the retros, or drift of the wind.., the robot cosmonaut got away from its shepherds on the sea and fell into the water seventy miles from the nearest waiting ship. 1988 A. McCaffrey Dragonsdawn (1989) 35 The shuttle tugged back slightly but evenly as the retros broke its forward speed. 2008 Aerospace Amer. (Nexis) July 18 The retros set off a grass fire which consumed the parachute and wafted smoke into the crew cabin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). retroadj.n.² Brit. /ˈrɛtrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈrɛtroʊ/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymon: French rétro. Etymology: Probably < French rétro (adjective) that imitates or evokes a style from the relatively recent past (1974 or earlier), (noun) fashion or style of this type, person who adopts such a fashion or style (1974), shortened < rétrospectif retrospective adj. A. adj. Esp. of fashion, music, or design: characterized by imitation or revival of a style from the (relatively recent) past; (more generally) backward-looking, nostalgic, esp. affectedly so. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > old-fashioned or antiquated > retro throwback1968 retro1972 1972 Chicago Tribune 29 Jan. n13 Yves Saint Laurent returns to simple elegance... Yves now drops the..tacky retro look that provoked criticism in the past. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Jan. 25/2 She will be eighty-five this year, so her Georgianism is real, not retro. 1979 Washington Post 29 May b3/5 To be fashionable,..retro-slang must be musty enough to be conspicuously self-conscious. 1982 Face May 38/2 It managed..to reconstruct Art Deco as a complete period fantasy, dutifully retro but also fantastically modern. 1984 E. Jong Parachutes & Kisses ix. 157 She..slipped a scrawled card into his breast pocket... Kevin was delighted... (Any guy who wore a ‘retro’ tux would have to be.) 1985 Village Voice (N.Y.) 8 Jan. 55/3 The rhythmically retro little track, for instance, exposes the not-necessarily-endearing frailty of her voice. 1995 Independent 6 Oct. (Suppl.) 25/1 The first rule of retro-fashion..is that if you are old enough to remember wearing it the first time, don't even think about wearing it on the revival. 1997 Big Issue 29 Sept. (Student Suppl.) 17/2 The Stable Market is also full of cheap retro clothes—racks of checked flares, nylon zip-up sports tops and granny shoes. 2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane ii. 49 The ‘living room’ in the middle was arranged with a collection of retro furniture straight out of [the film] 2001. B. n.² A style characterized by imitation or revival of something (esp. fashion, music, or design) from the (relatively recent) past; retro fashion, music, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > old-fashioned, nostalgic, or gentle style archaism1643 lavender and old lace1966 retro1974 1974 Los Angeles Times 9 May iv. 1/3 She agrees with the idea of Retro as a legitimate fashion reflection of the world's current fascination with the past. 1983 Daily Tel. 18 Mar. 17/4 No retro from this designer,..but just gorgeous colour. 1986 Q Oct. 69/3 Carmel [sc. a band] have set up camp on that sacred turf the Americans now delight in calling ‘retro’. A throw-back. Something you missed the first time round but wouldn't mind a small portion reheated because you always wondered what it tasted like. 1993 L. Titchener Homebody iii. 38 Either Damon Wilkes was masterful at scavenging dumps or he had money. Retro is pricey these days. 2001 Evening Times (Electronic ed.) 4 Apr. Forget the faddy Fame T-shirts or the Madonna-styled ripped mesh tops, this is the kind of wearable retro that won't make you feel like a fashion victim. 2003 N. Gregson & L. Crewe Second-hand Cultures iii. 73 Although steering clear of glitz, glamour and sportswear, the commercial end of retro has been admitted here. Compounds C1. Compounds of the adjective. a. retro-chic adj. and n. ΚΠ 1978 Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune xii. 6/2 The European slimmed-down couture—the ‘retro-chic’ silhouette. 1979 N.Y. Times 4 Jan. c2/1 Perhaps, like everything else, it is part of retro-chic. 2000 Independent 12 May ii. 1/5 The roadside diner, with its chrome-edged lunch counter, mock-leather booths and tabletop juke-boxes, has ceded so much ground to McDonald's and Burger King that it is starting to return as retro-chic parody. 2006 D. Edgerton Shock of Old (2008) iii. 57 Another long-lived technology, it [sc. the Aga] acquired the patina of retro-chic in an era when the major expansion was in gas and electric ranges. retro-cool n. and adj. ΚΠ 1991 Guardian 13 July (Weekend Suppl.) 13 The mid-Eighties Brylcreem Boy, all slicked back hair, cheekbones and retro-cool. 1991 Premiere Aug. 19/2 Buffa's unconscious retro-cool decor and age-ripened ambience are dominated by the incessantly chattering headwaitress and resident legend, Adele. 2006 Wired Apr. 34/4 So much for Grand Theft Auto. Despite the latest developments.., our tribe is addicted to well-made, retro-cool titles. retro culture n. ΚΠ 1980 R. Pollack Golden Vanity vi. 67 It smacked of retro culture, like a desire to study Center's history before it became Center, before the ships arrived and the companies formed, when people lived in the open air, in cities, on farms. 1988 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 30 May 32 The last remaining era of retro-culture to be exploited—the 70s. 2006 J. Charyn Raised by Wolves iii. 76 Mia and Marcellus and Jules are part of a retro culture that constantly recycles itself and all its junk. b. retro-futurism n. the use of a style or aesthetic considered futuristic in an earlier era. ΚΠ 1988 Inland Architect May–June 2/1 (title) Retro-futurism and Seaside Midwest. 1990 Newsday (N.Y.) 5 July iii. 7/2 Mugler's Vinyl Moon Suits. Retro futurism from the showman of French fashion. 2002 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 5 Oct. (Toronto ed.) 1 It's..the kind of building designed by a guy in the '90s imagining what a guy in the '50s would think a building in the '90s would look like. Retro-futurism, if you will. retro-futurist adj. = retro-futuristic adj. ΚΠ 1986 New Yorker 10 Feb. 109/3 He presents a retro-futurist fantasy..and keeps it perking by cartoon techniques and black humor. 1999 Independent (Nexis) 9 July 16 The sci-fi-inspired artwork..depicts the Brothers making a dramatic departure.., carried by retro-futurist jet packs. retro-futuristic adj. having both retro and futuristic elements; of or resembling a style or aesthetic considered futuristic in an earlier era. ΚΠ 1983 N.Y. Times 27 Oct. a23 (advt.) Silverized steel and sleek grey linked for a retro-futuristic look. 1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 26 Sept. 31 Her albums..set..retro-futuristic analog synth sounds against weird ruminations on colour theory. 2006 Daily Tel. (Australia) (Nexis) 27 Sept. 51 Described as ‘space age’ in 1968, it now has a slightly retro-futuristic look about it. C2. Compounds of the noun. a. General attributive, objective, and instrumental, as retro-fest, retro-inspired, retro-merchant, retro-tinged, etc. ΚΠ 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Sept. 1076/1 If any decade of the twentieth century stands out as drably horrible, it is the 1940s; but this has not stopped retro-merchants glamorizing its homely glamour. 1978 Chicago Tribune 11 Sept. ii. 6/2 (caption) Among retro-inspired separates at French Incidentals are tweedy argyle sweaters. 1987 Campaign (Nexis) 22 May Being different in BBH's case is to look noticeably more eighties than the retro-obsessed pack of agencies. 1991 S. Faludi Backlash ii. vii. 179 For the next three years, his five subsequent retro-tinged fashion shows fell flat. 1997 T3 Jan. 18/2 There are plenty of other links to [Rubik] Cube-related sites to whet your retro-appetite. 2003 Mojo Nov. 11/2 London's retro-inclined niterie, Rock'n'Roll. 2004 Independent 10 Mar. (Review section) 19/1 These books will be any good retro-fetishist reaching for their wallet—they are simple, stylish and stapled. 2007 Future Music Feb. 71/2 Valves, transformers and ribbons—what a retro-fest! b. retromania n. ΚΠ 1986 Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 7 Apr. 34/1 Retromania is sweeping TV this season, with reunion movies based on such vintage series as ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ and ‘Perry Mason’. 2007 Uncut Feb. 89/3 Yet now that our sense of pop time and historical sequence is utterly jumbled thanks to retromania and downloading, it's easy to decontextualise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). retroadv. Brit. /ˈrɛtrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈrɛtroʊ/ Forms: 1600s retrò, 1700s– retro. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin retrō. Etymology: < classical Latin retrō (see retro- prefix). Compare Middle French retro (a1403 in apparently isolated use). Now rare (chiefly Scots Law in later use). Backwards; into the past. Also (now usually): retrospectively, with retrospective effect. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > backwards in time or into the past upwardc1055 backward1562 retro1634 upwards1689 back1711 recessively1880 1634 T. Jackson Knowledg of Christ Jesus xxv. 258 Whether..it [sc. the Resurrection of Jesus] tooke aswell retrò as antè, or have any especiall reference to what is past. 1714 W. Forbes Jrnl. Session 1705–13 195 The compensing Subject being Victual, and not Mony..did not compense retro from the Time of the Concourse. 1771 Encycl. Brit. II. 931/1 The compensation, after it is admitted by the judge, operates, retro,..to the time that, by the parties acknowledgment, the debt became due. 1861 J. Trayner Lat. Phrases & Maxims 141 Such accretion acts retro, and validates the deeds otherwise invalid, as of their own respective dates. 1908 Sc. Law Reporter 45 68/2 If the cheque were duly honoured it operated retro. 1929 Session Cases 491 When he was suing his father or tutor, the action was brought in the name of the pupil alone, and when it came into Court a tutor ad litem was appointed. The appointment operated retro and validated the pursuit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : retro-prefix < n.¹1961adj.n.²1972adv.1634 see also
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retron.¹

retroadj.n.²