Unscramble

r 1 e 1 t 1 r 1 o 1 n 1 y 4 m 3

8 letters · 13 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate

originFrom retro- + -onym; coined by Frank Mankiewicz and popularized by William Safire.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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