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boustrophedon.

boustrophedonically (as a boustrophedon or in a boustrophedonic manner, such that the text directionality alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines)

13 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adv[buːs.trɔˈpʰeː.dɔn]Classical-Latin[bus.troˈfɛː.don]
  1. boustrophedonically (as a boustrophedon or in a boustrophedonic manner, such that the text directionality alternates on each line, resulting in a continuous stream of characters spanning multiple lines)

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Where this word comes from

PIE word *gʷṓws Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón, adverb, literally “turning like an ox”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + στροφή (strophḗ, “turning”) + -ηδόν (-ēdón, adverbial suffix), in reference to the back-and-forth course traced by boustrophedon text resembling the path taken by an ox ploughing a field.

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