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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay" [syn: ex post facto, retroactive, retro] n
1: a fashion reminiscent of the past

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: French rétro, short for rétrospectif retrospective Date: 1974 relating to, reviving, or being the styles and especially the fashions of the past ; fashionably nostalgic or old-fashioned <a retro look> • retro noun

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Retro clothes, music, and objects are based on the styles of the past. (JOURNALISM) ...clothes shops where original versions of today's retro looks can be found. ADJ