plural of acrostic

In the manner of an acrostic.

Like an acrostic.

Of or pertaining to acrostics.

A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.

(US, dialect, nonstandard) Alternative form of across

plural of triple acrostic

plural of double acrostic

A poem whose stanzas, except the first two, are clues for words. The initial letters of these words, in order, form a word clued by the first stanza; the final letters, the second stanza.

A poem whose stanzas, except the first three, are clues for words. The initial letters of these words, in order, form a word clued by the first stanza; the middle letters, the second stanza; and the final letters, the third stanza.