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Word of the DaySaturday, December 07, 2002

palindrome

\PAL-in-drohm\ , noun:
1.
A word, phrase, sentence, or verse that reads the same backward or forward.
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Quotes:
Madam, I'm Adam. (Adam's first words to Eve?)
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A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama! (The history of the Panama Canal in brief.)
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Able was I ere I saw Elba. (Napoleon's lament.)
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Mom, Dad.
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Origin:
Palindrome comes from Greek palindromos, literally "running back (again)," from palin, "back, again" + dromos, "running."
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