Definition of Acrostec
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, in which
words are to be guessed whose initial and final letters form other
words.
{ A*cros"tic (&?;), A*cros"tic*al (&?;), }
n. Pertaining to, or characterized by,
acrostics.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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