Long Word Weaves

Authors

Rex Gooch

Abstract

Word weaves were introduced by Steven Kahan in the Feb 2005 Word Ways. When the letters in the odd positions of a word appear alphabetized, we say that the word is odd-ascending and when these letters appear reverse alphabetized, we call the word odd-descending; even-ascending and even-descending are defined similarly. A word in which both the odd letters and the even letters are either ascendant or descendent is called a word weave. Here is a selection of such words of nine or more letters; all are to be found somewhere in the OED or Webster 2 except where noted.

Recommended Citation

Gooch, Rex (2005) "Long Word Weaves," Word Ways: Vol. 38 : Iss. 2 , Article 22.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol38/iss2/22