telestic

Variant of telestich

telestich definition

te·les·tich or telestic te·les′·tic (tə les′tik, tel′ə stik′)

noun

an acrostic in which the last letters of the lines spell a word or words when taken in order

Etymology: < Gr telos, an end (see telo-) + stichos, a line (see stich), modeled on acrostic

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