Palindrome \Pal"in*drome\, n. [Gr. ? running back again; ? again + ? to run: cf. F. palindrome.]

A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as,

madam;

Hannah; or

Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel.

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