nonacrostic

English

Etymology

non- +‎ acrostic

Adjective

nonacrostic (not comparable)

1. Not in the form of an acrostic.
   • 1974, Jaren J. Jackson, Martin Kessler, Dikran Hadidian, Rhetorical Criticism: Essays in honor of James Muilenburg, page 218:

     Since Psalms 32 and 49, which are nonacrostic, exceed in length the acrostic Psalm 112, we may infer that their authors consciously chose not to play according to the alphabetic rules of composition.

   • 1990, Alexander Hamilton, Robert Micklus, The History of the Ancient and Honorable Tuesday Club, page 38:

     Both an acrostic argument and a nonacrostic argument are prefixed to some of Plautus's comedies.

   • 2016, Abraham Terian, The Festal Works of St. Gregory of Narek, page xxxvi:

     Nearly all of his litanies begin with the word gandz, except for nos. 7 (the only acrostic litany without his name), 11 (the only such litany among the acrostic litanies with his name), and 12 (the only nonacrostic litany).