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a·cros·tic [ ə króstik ] (plural a·cros·tics)


noun 
Definition:
 
written lines containing word: a number of lines of writing, especially a poem or word puzzle, in which a combination of letters from each line spells a word or phrase

[Late 16th century. Via French acrostiche< Greek akrostikhis< akros "outermost" + stikhos "line of verse" (< steikhein "go")]

a·cros·ti·cal·ly adverb
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