cispontine

English

Etymology

From cis- +‎ Latin pōns.

Adjective

cispontine (not comparable)

1. On this side of the bridge (or bridges).

   Antonym: transpontine

   • 1882, The Theatre: A Monthly Review and Magazine, page 35:

     Blood and thunder melodrama was once transpontine : it is now cispontine. It has crossed the Thames, and come over the bridges.

Usage notes

• In London, refers to the parts north of the Thames.

Further reading

• “cispontine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• inceptions, inspection