acros·tic /əˈkrɔstɪk, ˈkrɑs-/
離合詩(a.)離合詩的
A·cros·tic n.
1. 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.
2. A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.
Double acrostic, a species of enigma, in which words are to be guessed whose initial and final letters form other words.
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A·cros·tic A·cros·tic·al n. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.
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acrostic
n 1: a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the
same down as across [syn: word square]
2: verse in which certain letters such as the first in each
line form a word or message