Is there a term (similar to palindrome) that defines words that are different words when reversed (i.e. drab = bard) and what is the longest word of this sort you know?
2006-07-31 18:48:40 · 5 answers · asked by salientsamurai 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
They're commonly called Reversible Words...
The longest i know .... Desserts (Stressed)
2006-07-31 19:15:48 · answer #1 · answered by Gooberbear 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
palindrome is also a word that is reversible like EYE,RACECAR
The longest palindromic word in the Oxford English Dictionary is tattarrattat, coined by James Joyce in Ulysses for a knock on the door. The Guinness Book of Records gives detartrated, the past tense of detartrate, a somewhat contrived chemical term meaning to remove tartrates. Rotavator, a trademarked name for an agricultural machine, is often listed in dictionaries. The term redivider (i.e. someone or something that redivides) is used by some writers but appears to be an invented term. Malayalam, an Indian language, is of equal length.
2006-08-01 08:32:59 · answer #2 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish I knew too. I have several that I think of sometimes.
Stressed= desserts
repaid= diaper
embargo= o grab me
Miami= I maim
And a final thought-- how come the word palindrome isn't a palindrome itself?
2006-08-01 09:52:43 · answer #3 · answered by kitten lover3 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I only know menew
2006-08-01 01:58:55 · answer #4 · answered by ngina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
madam, im adam
2006-08-01 07:14:05 · answer #5 · answered by milhouse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋