What does "levidrome" mean?

A word with a different definition when the spelling is reversed.

What is a synonym for "levidrome"?

Common synonyms include: anadrome, heteropalindrome, semordnilap, semordnilap.

Pronounced //ˈliːvaɪdɹəʊm//.

//ˈliːvaɪdɹəʊm// noun

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Noun

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A word with a different definition when the spelling is reversed. neologism
"One classmate offered up "part" and "trap" as a levidrome on Friday."

"One classmate offered up "part" and "trap" as a levidrome on Friday."

Coined by Levi Budd, from his name Levi + -drome by analogy with palindrome.

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