In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
PALINDROME
palindrome
(noun) a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
palindrome (plural palindromes)
A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.
(by extension) A poetic form in which the sequence of words reads the same in either direction.
(genetics) A stretch of DNA in which the sequence of nucleotides on one strand are in the reverse order to that of the complementary strand
Anagrams
• pramindole
Source: Wiktionary
Pal"in*drome, n. Etym: [Gr. palindrome.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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