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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr.

παλίνδρομοσ

running back again;

πάλιν

again +

δραμεῖν

to run: cf. F.

palindrome

A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward;

as,

madam

;

Hannah

; or

Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel

Noun.

[Gr. again.] A word, verse or sentence that is the same when read backwards or forwards; as madam, or 'Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor.'