| n. | 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.
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| 1. | Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics. | ||||
| Noun | 1. | acrostic - a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across Synonyms: word square |
| 2. | acrostic - verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message |