C2 noun #84,388 most common

acrostic

UK /əˈkɹɑstɪk/ | US /əˈkɹɑstɪk/

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

acrostic in 30 Seconds

  • (noun) A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
  • (noun) A poem in Hebrew in which successive lines or verses start with consecutive letters of the alphabet.
  • (noun) A kind of word puzzle, the solution of which forms an anagram of a quotation, and their initials often forming the name of its author.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
  2. 2
    noun A poem in Hebrew in which successive lines or verses start with consecutive letters of the alphabet.
  3. 3
    noun A kind of word puzzle, the solution of which forms an anagram of a quotation, and their initials often forming the name of its author.
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