PALINDROME

Pal″in‐drome (?), n. [[Gr. παλίνδρομοσ running back again; πάλιν again + δραμει̑ν to run: cf. F. palindrome.]] 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.