triple acrostic

English

Noun

triple acrostic (plural triple acrostics)

1. A poem whose stanzas, except the first three, are clues for words. The initial letters of these words, in order, form a word clued by the first stanza; the middle letters, the second stanza; and the final letters, the third stanza.

Meronyms

• cross-light, light
• upright

Coordinate terms

• double acrostic