He used to misbehave when he was younger. He was a reprobate. Now he is a retrobate. an old man behaving badly.
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Pronunciation: /ˈrɛt.roʊ.tri.eɪt/
Definition:
To return emotionally, mentally, or spiritually to a version of yourself that once existed — to drift back into a moment, a memory, or a feeling you thought you’d outgrown.
Etymology:
Formed from retro- (“backward, past”) + the ending of repatriate (“to return to one’s origin”). Coined by “ Ky ”
(Kurt Yvan S. Belarmino, 2025).
Pronunciation: /ˈrɛt.roʊ.tri.eɪt/
Definition:
To return emotionally, mentally, or spiritually to a version of yourself that once existed — to drift back into a moment, a memory, or a feeling you thought you’d outgrown.
Etymology:
Formed from retro- (“backward, past”) + the ending of repatriate (“to return to one’s origin”). Coined by “ Ky ”
(Kurt Yvan S. Belarmino, 2025).
Example sentences:
Every time that song plays, I retrotriate to the person I was before everything changed.
She retrotriated into her teenage sketches, surprised by how honest they were.
I retrotriated last night — not in place, but in heart.
Every time that song plays, I retrotriate to the person I was before everything changed.
She retrotriated into her teenage sketches, surprised by how honest they were.
I retrotriated last night — not in place, but in heart.
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