atavism /atˈə-vi-zm/

1. The reappearance of ancestral, but not parental, characteristics
2. Reversion to an ancestral, or to a primitive, type

atavistˈic adjective

atavistˈically adverb

• misfiling
• misfire
• misfired
• misfires
• misfiring
• misfit
• misfits
• misfitted
• misfitting
• misform
• misformation
• misformations
• misformed
• misforming
• misforms
• misfortune
• misfortuned
• misfortunes
• misgave
• misgive
• misgiven
• misgives
• misgiving
• misgivings
• misgo