Associations to the word «Boustrophedon»

Wiktionary

BOUSTROPHEDON, adverb. (historical) (calligraphy) (of writing) In a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left to left-to-right with each new line.
BOUSTROPHEDON, adjective. (historical) (calligraphy) (of writing) Written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
BOUSTROPHEDON, adjective. (figuratively) Changing direction, going back and forth.
BOUSTROPHEDON, noun. (historical) (calligraphy) (of writing) Writing that is right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.

Dictionary definition

BOUSTROPHEDON, noun. An ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs'.

Wise words

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.