BOUSTROPHEDON


Meaning of BOUSTROPHEDON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌbü-strə-ˈfē-ˌdän, -d ə n ]

noun

Etymology: Greek boustrophēdon, adverb, literally, turning like oxen in plowing, from bous ox, cow + strephein to turn — more at cow

Date: 1699

: the writing of alternate lines in opposite directions (as from left to right and from right to left)

• boustrophedon adjective or adverb

• bou·stro·phe·don·ic -fē-ˈdä-nik adjective

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