单词 | opisthographic |
释义 | opisthographicadj. Chiefly Greek History and Roman History. Written or inscribed on the back (esp. of a papyrus or parchment) as well as the front. Also with reference to early printed books: characterized by leaves which are printed on the back as well as the front (cf. anopisthographic adj.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [adjective] > written on both sides opisthographical1656 opisthographal1684 opisthographic1813 opisthograph1885 1813 J. Forsyth Remarks Excurs. Italy 315 The opisthographic manuscripts required, I apprehend, a double leaf so glued that the fibres crossed. 1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 124 It is Opisthographic, or printed on both sides of the vellum, apparently with moveable types. 1871 J. H. Hessels tr. A. van der Linde Haarlem Legend xii. 80 The engravings are worked by the frotton, an impediment to opisthographic printing. 1998 Hesperia 67 68 A fragment from the top of an opisthographic pedimental stele of Pentelic marble. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1813 |
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