levidrome
English
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Etymology
From Levi (word was coined by Levi Budd) + -drome by analogy with palindrome.[1]
Noun
levidrome (plural levidromes)
- A word with a different definition when the spelling is reversed, such as "pots" becoming "stop".[2][3][4][5]
- 2017 October 15, Jack Knox, “This Budd’s for you, and he loves a ‘levidrome’”, in Times Colonist[1], retrieved 28 January 2018:
- One classmate offered up "part" and "trap" as a levidrome on Friday.
- 2019 January 17, RJ Andrews, Info We Trust: How to Inspire the World with Data[2], page 53:
- Wherever sequential alphabets gained power, cultures became more transfixed by linear time. Change the order of the letters, and you get a new meaning: canoe is never mistaken for its anagram ocean. Map is not the same as its levidrome Pam.
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References
- ^ Jack Knox: This Budd’s for you, and he loves a ‘levidrome’
- ^ B.C. boy's invented word gaining traction, celebrity endorsements
- ^ Victoria boy’s new word, ‘levidrome,’ on its way to Oxford Dictionary
- ^ Six-year-old Victoria boy’s invented word gets support from William Shatner, Patricia Arquette
- ^ Oxford Dictionaries: Levidrome