BOUSTROPHEDON

Meaning of BOUSTROPHEDON in English

adj. & adv. (of written words) from right to left and from left to right in alternate lines.

[ Gk (adv.) = as an ox turns in ploughing f. bous ox + -strophos turning ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012

BOUSTROPHEDON — noun see: cow Date: 1699 the writing of alternate lines in opposite directions (as from left to right and from …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BOUSTROPHEDON — noun also bou·stro·phei·don or bu·stro·phe·don or bu·stro·phei·don ˌbüstrəˈfēˌdän, -ēd ə n, | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_fē|dän; bü|sträfə|dän ( -s ) Etymology: Greek boustrophēdon, adverb, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOUSTROPHEDON — (n.) An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right …
Английский словарь Webster
BOUSTROPHEDON — ( n. ) An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BOUSTROPHEDON — /booh'streuh feed"n, -fee"don, bow'-/ , n. an ancient method of writing in which the lines run alternately from right to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOUSTROPHEDON — adj. written alternatively from right to left and then back from left to right (as in plowing)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BOUSTROPHEDON — n. ancient method of writing, found in some old manuscripts, running alternatively from right to left and then back from …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BOUSTROPHEDON — noun Etymology: Greek boustrophēdon, adverb, literally, turning like oxen in plowing, from bous ox, cow + strephein to turn — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOUSTROPHEDON — noun an ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right …
Webster English vocab
BOUSTROPHEDON — [ ˌbaʊstrə'fi:d(ə)n , ˌbu:- ] ■ adjective & adverb (of words) written from right to left and from left to …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BOUSTROPHEDON — [bou.stro.phe.don] n [Gk boustrophedon, adv., lit., turning like oxen in plowing, fr. bous ox, cow + strephein to turn--more at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOUSTROPHEDON — the writing of alternate lines in opposite directions, one line from left to right and the next from right to …
Britannica English vocabulary
BOUSTROPHEDON — boustrophedon BrE AmE ˌbuːs trə ˈfiːd ə n ˌbaʊs-, -ɒn AmE \ -ɑːn
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BOUSTROPHEDON — adj. & adv. (of written words) from right to left and from left to right in alternate lines. [Gk (adv.) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BOUSTROPHEDON — adj. & adv. (of written words) from right to left and from left to right in alternate lines. Etymology: Gk …
Oxford English vocab
BOUSTROPHEDON — [from a Greek word for turning like an ox while plowing] An ancient method of writing using alternate left-to-right and …
Jargon File English vocabulary
BOUSTROPHEDON — Boustrophedon
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOUSTROPHEDON — Бустрофедон
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BOUSTROPHEDON — Boustrophedon
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOUSTROPHEDON — n. Pronunciation: ˌ bü-str ə - ' f ē - ˌ dän, -d ə n Function: noun Etymology: Greek boustroph …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BOUSTROPHEDON PRINTING — двумерная печать
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOUSTROPHEDONIC — adjective see: boustrophedon
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BUSTROPHEIDON — I. noun see boustrophedon II. see bustrophedon
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOUSTROPHEIDON — noun see boustrophedon
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOUSTROPHEDONIC — adjective see boustrophedon
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUSTROPHEDON — or bustropheidon variant of boustrophedon
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOUSTROPHEDONIC — (a.) Relating to the boustrophedon made of writing.
Английский словарь Webster
BOUSTROPHEDONIC — ( a. ) Relating to the boustrophedon made of writing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BOUSTROPHEDONIC — see boustrophedon
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOUSTROPHEDONIC — adj relating to the boustrophedon made of writing.
Webster English vocab
GREEK ALPHABET — writing system that was developed in Greece about 1000 BC. It is the direct or indirect ancestor of all modern …
Britannica English vocabulary
ETRUSCAN ALPHABET — writing system of the Etruscans, derived from a Greek alphabet (originally learned from the Phoenicians) as early as the 8th …
Britannica English vocabulary

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