Acrostic Definition

ə-krôstĭk, ə-krŏstĭk
noun
A poem or series of lines in which certain letters, usually the first in each line, form a name, motto, or message when read in sequence.
American Heritage
A verse or arrangement of words in which certain letters in each line, such as the first or last, when taken in order spell out a word, motto, etc.
Webster's New World

A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.

Wiktionary

A particular kind of word puzzle: its solutions form an anagram of a quotation, and their initials often form its author.

Wiktionary
adjective
Of or like an acrostic.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Acrostic

Noun

Singular:
acrostic
Plural:
acrostics

Origin of Acrostic

  • French acrostiche from Old French from Greek akrostikhis akron head, end acromegaly stikhos line steigh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ἀκροστιχίς (akrostikhis).

    From Wiktionary

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