Of verse: that is the same whether read backwards or forwards; palindromic. Now rare.

Of a verse: that reads the same both forwards and backwards, palindromic. Cf. sense B. 1. Obsolete. rare.

Prosody. Designating a verse that reads the same backwards as forwards; recurrent. historical in later use.

= Sotadic, adj.

Capable of being read in reverse order; palindromic.