"palindrome"

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1.) a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc..., reading the same backward; as forward, as:

"Madam, I'm Adam." OR "Poor Dan is in a droop."

Language of origin: Greek - 1620-30; < Greek palíndromos recurring, equivalent to pálin again, back + -dromos running

Related forms:

palindromist [puh-lin-droh-mist], noun

palindromic, palindromical [pal-in-drom-ik, -droh-mik-uhl], adjective

palindromically, adverb