transpontine

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transpontine

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From trans- + pontine.

adjective

not comparable Of, relating to, or situated on the far side of a bridge.
Opposite: cispontine
not comparable Of, relating to, or situated on the far side of a sea. he may beget upon her Children worthy of ſome Transpontine Monarchy
historical, not comparable Relating to the sensational melodramas presented on the south side of the Thames in the 19th century or earlier. Blood and thunder melodrama was once transpontine: it is now cispontine. It has crossed the Thames, and come over the bridges.

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@misc{transpontine_2026,
  title = {transpontine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/transpontine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}