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PALINDROME
PALINDROME.
1. A WORD, PHRASE, or longer expression that reads the same backwards as it does forwards: for example, the words level and noon, and the phrases Madam, I'm Adam and Able was I ere I saw Elba. 2. Also REVERSAL, semordnilap (a backward palindrome). A word that spells another word when reversed: for example, doom, evil, warts, and the trade names Serutan, Trebor. |
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TOM McARTHUR. "PALINDROME." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. TOM McARTHUR. "PALINDROME." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-PALINDROME.html TOM McARTHUR. "PALINDROME." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-PALINDROME.html |
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palindrome
palindrome, from παλίνδϱομος, ‘running back again’, a word, verse, or sentence that reads the same forward or backwards, e.g.:Lewd did I live & evil I did dwel
( Phillips , 1706) and the Latin line descriptive of moths: In girum imus noctes et consumimur igni. |
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "palindrome." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "palindrome." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-palindrome.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "palindrome." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-palindrome.html |
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palindrome
pal·in·drome / ˈpalinˌdrōm/ • n. a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backward as forward, e.g., madam or nurses run. DERIVATIVES: pal·in·drom·ic / ˌpalinˈdrämik/ adj. pa·lin·dro·mist / pəˈlindrəmist/ n. |
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"palindrome." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "palindrome." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-palindrome.html "palindrome." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-palindrome.html |
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palindrome
palindrome a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backwards as forwards, e.g. madam, nurses run, or (in relation to Napoleon) able was I ere I saw Elba.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "palindrome." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "palindrome." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-palindrome.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "palindrome." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-palindrome.html |
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palindrome
palindrome XVII. — Gr. palíndromos running back again, f. pálin again + drom-, drameîn run.
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T. F. HOAD. "palindrome." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "palindrome." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-palindrome.html T. F. HOAD. "palindrome." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-palindrome.html |
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palindrome
palindrome see anagram . |
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"palindrome." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "palindrome." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-palindro.html "palindrome." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-palindro.html |
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palindrome
palindrome •brome, chrome, comb, Crome, dome, foam, gnome, holm, Holme, hom, home, Jerome, loam, Nome, ohm, om, roam, Rome, tome
•Guillaume • biome • Beerbohm
•radome • astrodome • Styrofoam
•megohm • Stockholm • Bornholm
•motorhome • backcomb • honeycomb
•cockscomb, coxcomb
•toothcomb • genome • gastronome
•metronome • syndrome • palindrome
•polychrome • Nichrome
•monochrome • velodrome
•hippodrome • aerodrome
•cyclostome • rhizome
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"palindrome." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "palindrome." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-palindrome.html "palindrome." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-palindrome.html |
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