acrostic

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Synonyms: acrotic, acroatic, agnostic, agrestic, acoustic, acrobatic, agrostis, aoristic, acrostics, achrestic, acratic

Antonyms: acrotic, acroatic, agnostic, agrestic, acoustic, acrobatic, agrostis, aoristic, acrostics, achrestic, acratic

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Noun

1. A [[poem]] or other [[text#Noun|text]] in which certain [[letter#Noun|letters]], often the [[first]] in each [[line#Noun|line]], [[spell#Verb|spell]] out a [[name#Noun|name]] or [[message#Noun|message]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
2. A poem in [[Hebrew#Noun|Hebrew]] in which [[successive]] lines or [[verse]]s [[start#Verb|start]] with [[consecutive]] letters of the [[alphabet]].
3. A kind of [[word#Noun|word]] [[puzzle#Noun|puzzle]], whose [[solution]] [[form#Verb|forms]] an [[anagram]] of a [[quotation]], with its [[initial#Noun|initial letters]] often forming the name of the person quoted.
4. A kind of word puzzle in which a series of words are [[clued]], and individual letters from the clued word spell out one or more additional words.

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to acrostics.

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