4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Acrostic \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. [1913 Webster] 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}. [1913 Webster] {Double acrostic}, a species of enigma, in which words are to be guessed whose initial and final letters form other words. [1913 Webster] Acrostic From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Acrostic \A*cros"tic\, Acrostical \A*cros"tic*al\, n. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: acrostic n 1: a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across [syn: {word square}] 2: verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 36 Moby Thesaurus words for "acrostic": abuse of terms, acronym, amphibologism, amphiboly, anagram, avyayibhava, back formation, calembour, clipped word, compound, conjugate, construction, corruption, dvandva, dvigu, endocentric compound, equivocality, equivoque, exocentric compound, formation, jeu de mots, logogram, logogriph, malapropism, metagram, missaying, palindrome, paronomasia, paronym, play on words, pun, punning, spoonerism, tatpurusha, word form, wordplay
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