cispontine

C3I1S1P3O1N1T1I1N1E1

adjective

On this side of the bridge (or bridges).

Opposite
transpontine
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Meanings

adjectivecispontine (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOn this side of the bridge (or bridges).

    Blood and thunder melodrama was once transpontine : it is now cispontine. It has crossed the Thames, and come over the bridges.

    1882, The Theatre: A Monthly Review and Magazine, page 35

    Antonyms: transpontine

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOn this side of the bridge (or bridges).

Opposite
transpontine

Origin

From cis- + pontine.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

cispontine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cispontine

MLA

“cispontine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cispontine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cispontine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cispontine.

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