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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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 | ||
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