redux

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The Word of the Day for March 29 is:

redux   \ree-DUKS\   adjective
     : brought back 

Example sentence:
     "Polka dots, stripes and florals with ... a distinct '50s and '60s redux 
aura ... are a trend we're glad to see returning." (Jaimee Rose, _The Arizona 
Republic_, July 15, 2005)

Did you know?
     In Latin, "redux" (from the verb "reducere," meaning "to lead back") could 
mean "brought back" or "bringing back." The Romans used "redux" as an epithet 
for the Goddess Fortuna with its "bringing back" meaning; Fortuna Redux was 
"one who brings another safely home." But it was the "brought back" meaning 
that made its way into English. "Redux" belongs to a small class of English 
adjectives that are always used postpositively -- that is, they always follow 
the words they modify. "Redux" has a history of showing up in titles of English 
works, such as John Dryden's _Astraea Redux_ (a poem "on the happy restoration 
and return of his sacred majesty, Charles the Second"), Anthony Trollope's 
_Phineas Redux_, and John Updike's _Rabbit Redux_.  





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