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

Of or pertaining to acrostics.

In the manner of an acrostic.

plural of acrostic

Like an acrostic.

(US, dialect, nonstandard) Alternative form of across

plural of triple acrostic

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.

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.

plural of double acrostic