Interesting. English &amp; history profs are sometimes perceived as atavistic or stuck in the past.<br>P. M.<br><br>Chokh Raj &lt;<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind1302%26L%3DTSE%26E%3Dbase64%26P%3D3164%26B%3D----_com.android.email_111470107179540%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3Dutf-8%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>at Dictionary.com<br /><br />Word of the Day for Friday, February 1, 2013<br />atavistic \at-uh-VIS-tik\, adjective:<br />of, pertaining to, or characterized by atavism; reverting to or suggesting the characteristics of a remote ancestor or primitive type.<br />Buck exhibits atavistic characteristics when his instincts and memories of an impossibly distant past "call" him and reassert themselves into his behavior.<br />-- Jack London, The Call of the Wild<br /><br />CR<br /></div></td></tr></table>