Meaning of ACROSTIC
| Pronunciation: | | u'krostik
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- [n] verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
- [n] a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
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| | See Also: | | literary composition, literary work, problem | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\A*cros"tic\, n. [Gr. ?; ? extreme + ? order, line,
verse.]
1. A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the
last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken
in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.
2. A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the
letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.).
See {Abecedarian}.
{Double acrostic}, a species of enigma
\A*cros"tic\, Acrostical \A*cros"tic*al\, n.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.
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