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Words related to books



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opisthograph



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opisthograph PRONUNCIATION: (o-PIS-thuh-graf)

MEANING: noun: A text written on both front and back (of some parchment, papyrus, stone, etc.).

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek opistho- (back) + -graph (writing). Earliest documented use: 1623.

USAGE:

Joan E. Taylor; The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea; Oxford University Press; 2012. “There are another twenty Qumran opisthographs with different compositions on the verso and recto .”Joan E. Taylor;; Oxford University Press; 2012.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Everybody's talking about people breaking into houses but there are more people in the world who want to break out of houses. -Thornton Wilder, writer (17 Apr 1897-1975)





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