acrostic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
    word square.
  2. noun verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message

WordNet

A*cros"tic noun
Etymology
Gr. extreme + order, line, verse.
Definitions
  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.
A*cros"tic, A*cros"ti*al noun (Also<
  • Acrostic
  • Acrostial
)
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.

Webster 1913