Pal″in‐drome (?), n. [Gr. παλίνδρομοσ running back again; πάλιν again + δραμει̑ν to run: cf. F. palindrome.] A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam; Hannah; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.