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boustrophedonic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bous-tro-phe-do-nic
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

bustrophedonic (alternative)

Derived Forms

boustrophedonical boustrophedonically

Synonyms

boustrophedon boustrophedic boustrophedal boustrophedonical boustrophic boustrophedical boustrophedonal

Questions

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

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