ACROSTICS

Noun

acrostics

plural of acrostic

Anagrams

• Socratics, sarcotics

Source: Wiktionary


ACROSTIC

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



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