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Capt_Nemo

09/15/03 9:09 PM

#24765 RE: chwdrhed #24749

One entry found for palindrome.


Main Entry: pal·in·drome
Pronunciation: 'pa-l&n-"drOm
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek palindromos running back again, from palin back, again + dramein to run; akin to Greek polos axis, pole -- more at POLE, DROMEDARY
Date: circa 1629
: a word, verse, or sentence (as "Able was I ere I saw Elba") or a number (as 1881) that reads the same backward or forward
- pal·in·drom·ic /"pa-l&n-'drO-mik, -'drä-/ adjective
- pal·in·drom·ist /'pa-l&n-"drO-mist/ noun


Haaaaaaaaaaaaa had to look that one up,,,,,,,,,,,I have days like that,LOL