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Definition of Acrostic

Acrostic
Acrostic 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
Acrostic
Acrostic A*cros"tic, Acrostical A*cros"tic*al, n. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.

Meaning of Acrostic from wikipedia

- An acrostic is a poem or other word composition in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each new line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature...
- An acrostic ring is a ring on which the initials of the precious stones on the band spell out a word in an acrostic style. In some cases, paste gems were...
- An acrostic is a type of word puzzle, related somewhat to crossword puzzles, that uses an acrostic form. It typically consists of two parts. The first...
- to the fifth chapter, is not acrostic but still has 22 lines. Although some claim that purpose or function of the acrostic form is unknown, it is frequently...
- Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, and most follow some poetic scheme, such as an acrostic following the order of the Hebrew alphabet or spelling out the name of...
- to reveal "Hofstadter's Contracrostipunctus Acrostically Backwards Spells J. S. Bach". The second acrostic is found by taking the first letters of the...
- dedicated to her, and opens with a poem that uses her name as a double acrostic. Carroll first became friends with Gertrude in 1875, when she was aged...
- first letters of the titles, from last to first, appear to form a Latin acrostic, Ero cras, meaning 'Tomorrow, I will be [there]', mirroring the theme of...
- po****rity seemingly arose from the Gr**** word ichthys (fish) forming an acrostic for the Gr**** phrase Iesous Christos Theou Yios Soter (Ἰησοῦς Χριστός,...
- by an acrostic, generally the so called "gamma acrostic" where the same word or phrase can be read across and down. Scholars looking for acrostics in Eclogue...