BOUSTROPHEDON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boustrophedon mean? 

• BOUSTROPHEDON (noun)
  The noun BOUSTROPHEDON has 1 sense:

1. an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally 'as the ox ploughs'

  Familiarity information: BOUSTROPHEDON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOUSTROPHEDON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally 'as the ox ploughs'

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("boustrophedon" is a kind of...):

orthography; writing system (a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols)

Derivation:

boustrophedonic (of or relating to writing alternate lines in opposite directions)