boustrophedic
boustrophedic adjective: synonym of boustrophedonic (“written as a boustrophedon”).
Adjective
boustrophedic (not comparable)
- Synonym of boustrophedonic (“written as a boustrophedon”).
- None of the lines of the Translation to be doubled into more than one, the quasi-boustrophedic system being most objectionable; but each line to be made complete in itself.1883, T[homas] Seymour Burt, The Æneid, Georgics, and Eclogues of Virgil Rendered into English Blank Verse; Together with Other of His Poems, Not Hitherto Translated; to Which Are Appended Maphæus...
- If the regular boustrophedic order is preserved, evam and not mave must be read.1901, Proceedings of the Sessions of the American Philological Association Held at Philadelphia, Pa., Dec., 1900 and at Cambridge, Mass., July, 1901, Also of the Session of the Philological...
- Synonyms:
- boustrophedonic
Synonyms of boustrophedic
Forms of boustrophedic
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Origin of boustrophedic
From boustrophed(on) + -ic, from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón).
Words formed from boustrophedic
- boustrophedical
- boustrophedically
Questions about boustrophedic
- What does boustrophedic mean?
- Boustrophedic means synonym of boustrophedonic (“written as a boustrophedon”).
- What part of speech is boustrophedic?
- Boustrophedic is an adjective.
Words near boustrophedic in the dictionary
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