Definition of acrostic
- n. - 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.
- n. - A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with
the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See
Abecedarian.
- n. - Alt. of Acrostical
- n. - 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.
- n. - A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with
the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See
Abecedarian.
- n. - Alt. of Acrostical