dextrograde
dextrograde adjective: of a writing system: written from left to right, such as in the Latin alphabet.
Adjective
dextrograde (not comparable)
- Of a writing system: written from left to right, such as in the Latin alphabet.
- Although earlier inscriptions can be dextrograde (written and read left to right), sinistrograde (written and read right to left), or boustrophedon (a method of writing in which the lines run alternately from right to left and then from left to right) and written either vertically or horizontally...2017, Mark Woolmer, A Short History of the Phoenicians, London; New York, N.Y.: I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., →ISBN, page 80
Origin of dextrograde
From dextro- + -grade.
Questions about dextrograde
- What does dextrograde mean?
- Dextrograde means of a writing system: written from left to right, such as in the Latin alphabet.
- What part of speech is dextrograde?
- Dextrograde is an adjective.
Words near dextrograde in the dictionary
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