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boustrophic

boustrophic adjective: synonym of boustrophedonic (“written as a boustrophedon”).

Adjective

boustrophic (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of boustrophedonic (“written as a boustrophedon”).
    Synonyms:
    boustrophedonic

Synonyms of boustrophic

Origin of boustrophic

From Ancient Greek βούστροφος (boústrophos, “ploughed by oxen”) + -ic.

Words formed from boustrophic

  • boustrophically

Questions about boustrophic

What does boustrophic mean?
Boustrophic means synonym of boustrophedonic (“written as a boustrophedon”).
What part of speech is boustrophic?
Boustrophic is an adjective.

Words near boustrophic in the dictionary

  1. boustrophedonally
  2. boustrophedonic
  3. boustrophedonical
  4. boustrophedonically
  5. boustrophedons
  6. boustrophic
  7. bousy
  8. bout
  9. bouta
  10. boutade
  11. boutades

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