Definition of boustrophedon Boustrophedon
bou•stro•phe•don
We found 7 definitions of boustrophedon from 5 different sources.
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What does boustrophedon mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: boustrophedons |
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| boustrophedon - an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs' | ||
| orthography, writing system a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols | ||
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Wiktionary 
- boustrophedon (Adverb)
Of writing, in a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left to left-to-right every line. - boustrophedon (Adjective)
Written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines. - boustrophedon (Adjective)
Changing direction, going back and forth.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- boustrophedon (n.)
An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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boustrophedon
bow-strof-ē′don, adj. and adv. written ploughwise, alternately from right to left and from left to right—a form of alphabetic writing intermediate between the oldest Greek inscriptions (from right to left, as in Semitic scripts) and the more convenient method of left to right (from 7th century). [Gr.; bou-strophos, ox-turning.]
Part of speech
🔤- boustrophedon, noun, singular of boustrophedons.
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