Definitions for: Acrostic


[n] verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
[n] a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across



Webster (1913) Definition: 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


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

Synonyms: word square

See Also: literary composition, literary work, problem

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