Word of the day: Palindrome

:  a word, verse, or sentence (as “Able was I ere I saw Elba”) or a number (as 1881) that reads the same backward or forward

— pal·in·drom·ic adjective

— pal·in·drom·ist noun

1. The word “dad” and the number “1881” are palindromes.

Greek palindromos running back again, from palin back, again + dramein to run; akin to Greek polos axis, pole.