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noun

Acrostic n.

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.

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.

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Etymology of 'Acrostic'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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Words linked to "Acrostic" : word square, puzzle, teaser, literary work, mystifier, literary composition