levidrome
English
Etymology
Coined by Levi Budd, from his name Levi + -drome by analogy with palindrome.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈliːvaɪdɹəʊm/, /ˈliːvɪdɹəʊm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlivaɪdɹoʊm/, /ˈlivɪdɹoʊm/
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levidrome (plural levidromes)
- (neologism) A word with a different definition when the spelling is reversed.
- 2019 January 17, RJ Andrews, Info We Trust: How to Inspire the World with Data, 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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