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Topic: LINGUISTICS

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Greek
Origin: palindromos, from palin 'back, again' + dramein 'to run'

palindrome

 noun
     
pal‧in‧drome [countable]
SL a word or phrase such as 'deed' or 'level', which is the same when you spell it backwards
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