12 April 2013

atavistic

[at-uh-vis-tik]

adjective

– of, pertaining to, or characterized by atavism; reverting to or suggesting the characteristics of a remote ancestor or primitive type.

Origin:
1870–75; atav(ism) + -istic

Related forms
at·a·vis·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Today’s aphorism

‘Don’t miss all the beautiful colors of the rainbow looking for that pot of gold’

– Irish saying.

On this day

12 April 1961 – Uri Gagarin (Russian) becomes the first man in space.