ACROSTIC
\akɹˈɒstɪk], \akɹˈɒstɪk], \a_k_ɹ_ˈɒ_s_t_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of ACROSTIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.
By Noah Webster.
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A composition, usually in verse, in which one or more sets of letters, taken in order, form a motto, phrase, name, or word.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A poem of which, if the first or the last letter of each line be taken in succession, they will spell a name or a sentence.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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