Boustrophedon Definition
bo͝ostrə-fēdn, -fēdŏn
noun
An ancient method of writing in which the lines are inscribed alternately from right to left and from left to right.
American Heritage
adjective
Designating or of an ancient form of writing in which the lines run alternately from right to left and left to right.
Webster's New World
Written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
Wiktionary
(figuratively) Changing direction, going back and forth.
Wiktionary
adverb
Of writing, in a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left to left-to-right every line.
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Origin of Boustrophedon
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From Greek boustrophēdon turning like an ox while plowing bous ox gwou- in Indo-European roots strophē a turning (from strephein to turn streb(h)- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdon), from βοῦς (bous, “ox”) + στροφή (strophē, “turning”) + -δον (-don, “adverbial suffix”).
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