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levidrome

UK/ˈliːvaɪdɹəʊm/US/ˈlivaɪdɹoʊm/

levidrome noun: a word with a different definition when the spelling is reversed.

Noun

levidrome (plural levidromes)

  1. (neologism) A word with a different definition when the spelling is reversed.
    • One classmate offered up "part" and "trap" as a levidrome on Friday.2017 October 15, Jack Knox, “This Budd’s for you, and he loves a ‘levidrome’”, in Times Colonist, retrieved 28 Jan 2018
    • She always says to him, ‘You got any good levidromes for me today?’ The other day he said, ‘Yeah, I got stressed and desserts. And drawer and reward.’”2017 November 21, Camille Bains, “Six-year-old Victoria boy’s invented word gets support from William Shatner, Patricia Arquette”, in The Star

Examples of levidrome in a sentence

  • Since then, the levidrome has been gaining traction around the world.2018 January 29, “B.C. boy's invented word gaining traction, celebrity endorsements”, in CTV News, archived from the original on 27 Jan...
  • Map is not the same as its levidrome Pam.2019 January 17, RJ Andrews, Info We Trust: How to Inspire the World with Data, page 53:

Synonyms of levidrome

Forms of levidrome

plurallevidromes

Origin of levidrome

Coined by Levi Budd, from his name Levi + -drome by analogy with palindrome.

Questions about levidrome

What does levidrome mean?
Levidrome means a word with a different definition when the spelling is reversed.
How do you use levidrome in a sentence?
Since then, the levidrome has been gaining traction around the world.
What part of speech is levidrome?
Levidrome is a noun.
How do you pronounce levidrome?
Levidrome is pronounced /ˈliːvaɪdɹəʊm/ (UK).
What is the plural of levidrome?
The plural of levidrome is levidromes.

Words near levidrome in the dictionary

  1. leviathanic
  2. leviathans
  3. Levick
  4. Levicks
  5. Levico Terme
  6. levidrome
  7. levidromes
  8. Levie
  9. levied
  10. levier
  11. leviers

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