redux

Definition

Of a topic, redone, restored, brought back, or revisited.

Etymology

From Latin redux (“that returns”), from redūcō (“to bring back”). The word may have re-entered popular usage in the United States with the publication of the novel Rabbit Redux (1971) by John Updike, although it had previously been used in medicine, literary titles, and product names.

Example Sentences

• "After an unusually cold August, September felt like summer redux as a heatwave sent temperatures soaring."
• "10. It's Microsoft Redux All Over Again. Maybe the fat lady hasn't crooned the final note, but the petite lady who carried the most weight, US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, wrote the denouement to the Microsoft antitrust fiasco."