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boustrophic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bous-troph-ic
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of boustrophedonic (“written as a boustrophedon”).

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βούστροφος (boústrophos, “ploughed by oxen”) + -ic.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

boustrophically

Synonyms

boustrophedonic

Questions

What does boustrophic mean?
Synonym of boustrophedonic (“written as a boustrophedon”).
Where does boustrophic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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