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- DictionaryA·cros·tic/əˈkrôstik/
noun
- 1. a poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.
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- Acrostic
Writing in which the first letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph or other recurring feature in the text spells out a word or a message
An acrostic is a poem or other word composition in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each new line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text) spells out a word, message or the alphabet. The term comes from the French from post-classical Latin, from Koine Greek, from Ancient Greek "highest, topmost" and "verse". As a form of constrained writing, an acrostic can be used as... Wikipedia
