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boustrophedonic

Today it means: Written as a boustrophedon (such that the text directionality alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines). Full definition →

Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν

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Ancient Greek · derived fromβουστροφηδόν
English todayboustrophedonic

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

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Ancient Greekβουστροφηδόν all →

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