Definition of acrostic Acrostic
a•cros•tic
We found 10 definitions of acrostic from 6 different sources.
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What does acrostic mean?
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NounPlural: acrostics |
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| acrostic - verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message | ||
| acrostic - a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across | ||
| word square | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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. - acrostic (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. - acrostic (n.)
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OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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acrostic
A text in which the first letter, syllable or word of each line form a word or a sentence.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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acrostic
a-krō′stik, n. a poem of which, if the first or the last letter of each line be taken in succession, they will spell a name or a sentence.—adj. Acrō′stical.—adv. Acrō′stically.—n. Acrō′sticism, method of acrostics. [Gr. akros, extreme, and stichos, a line.]
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🔤- acrostic, noun, singular of acrostics.
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