Thesaurus: acrostic

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1. n. A word/composition">composition, usually in word/verse">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. n. A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.
3. n. Alt. of Acrostical
4. n. a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
5. n. word/verse">verse in which word/certain">certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
6. 1. A word/composition">composition, usually in word/verse">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. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.
7. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.
8. n. word/verse">verse in which word/certain">certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message