acrostic
(noun) verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
Source: WordNet® 3.1
acrostic (plural acrostics) (also, attributively)
A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message. [from 16th c.]
A poem in Hebrew in which successive lines or verses start with consecutive letters of the alphabet.
A kind of word puzzle, the solution of which forms an anagram of a quotation, and their initials often forming the name of its author.
• telestich
• word square
• Racicots, Ritaccos, Socratic, sarcotic
Source: Wiktionary
A*cros"tic, n. Etym: [Gr.
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, in which words are to be guessed whose initial and final letters form other words.
A*cros"tic, A*cros"ti*cal, n.
Definition: Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
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