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 a sheet already written upon on one side.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Ancient Greek, meaning "behind-writing".

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