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Synonyms for acrostic


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-kraw-stik, uh-kros-tik
Phonetic Transcription : əˈkrɔ stɪk, əˈkrɒs tɪk



Définition of acrostic

Origin :
  • short poem in which the initial letters of the lines, taken in order, spell a word or phrase, 1580s, from Medieval Latin acrostichis, from Greek akrostikhis, from akros "at the end, outermost" (see acrid) + stikhos "line of verse," literally "row" (see stair).
  • noun puzzle
Example sentences :
  • Sense or nonsense, just as you please, so as it shows us what an acrostic is.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • In an acrostic the beginnings of the lines are arranged in order.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • The answer to the acrostic is “mantrap”; the missing rhyme is “mishap.”
  • Extract from : « Marge Askinforit » by Barry Pain
  • But then in the hands of Swinburne an acrostic would cease to be artificial.
  • Extract from : « Figures of Several Centuries » by Arthur Symons
  • But there is no more trace of acrostic structure in x. till ver.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 1 » by A. Maclaren
  • It is not only the exigencies of the acrostic which determine the order in ver.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 1 » by A. Maclaren
  • Marked progress of thought is not to be looked for in an acrostic psalm.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 1 » by A. Maclaren
  • I must show you an acrostic that a gentleman—he was a lieutenant in the 53rd—made upon it.
  • Extract from : « Wives and Daughters » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
  • Unlike its predecessors, the fifth and last elegy is not an acrostic.
  • Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon » by Walter Adeney
  • Next is a copy of an acrostic epitaph from Tewkesbury Abbey.
  • Extract from : « Curious Epitaphs » by Various

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