Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The practice of writing upon the back of anything; especially, writing on the back as well as the front of a roll of papyrus or parchment. See
opisthograph .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A writing upon the back of anything, as upon the back of a leaf or sheet already written upon on one side.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
writing upon the back of anything, as upon the back of asheet already written upon on one side.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek, meaning "behind-writing".
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