acrostic
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- acrostick (obsolete)
- acrosticke (obsolete)
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀκροστιχίς.
[edit] Noun
Wikipedia acrostic (plural acrostics)
- A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
- A particular kind of word puzzle: its solutions form an anagram of a quotation, and their initials often form its author.
[edit] Translations
poem or text with certain letters spelling out a name or message
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
Acrostic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
acrostic (puzzle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:acrostic (puzzle)