Pāl'in-drōme, n.

n. [Fr. palindrome, from Gr. παλίνδρομος, running back again, from πάλιν, back, again, and δραμεῖν, τρέχειν, to run.] A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam, or Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor, or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel. Taylor, the Water-poet.