Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boustrophedonically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bous-tro-phe-do-nical-ly
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

As a boustrophedon or in a boustrophedonic manner (such that the text directionality alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines).

Etymology

From boustrophedonic + -ally, from boustrophedon, from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: βουστροφηδόν

Inflected Forms

bustrophedonically (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

boustrophedonical

Synonyms

boustrophedonally boustrophedon boustrophedically boustrophically

Questions

What does boustrophedonically mean?: As a boustrophedon or in a boustrophedonic manner (such that the text directionality alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines).
Where does boustrophedonically come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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