Definition of acrostic in English:

acrostic

noun əˈkrɒstɪkəˈkrɔstɪk

A poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.
离合诗
Example sentencesExamples
- A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza; - read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing.
- This is the Hebrew month of Elul, which in Hebrew forms an acrostic for the words: ‘I am my Beloved's, and my Beloved is mine.’
- Both free verse and rhymed poetry styles are studied, including cinquain, haiku, tanka, rhopalic, echo and refrain poems, acrostics, alphabet and dictionary poems.
- In the Old Testament all the recognized acrostics belong to the alphabetical type (abecedarian).
- Mullen's poems, which often incorporate word games like anagrams, acrostics, and puns, can border on the nonsensical (or, as she says, ‘skirt the edges of meaning’).
- The Greeks did enjoy making acrostics, but that's a different kind of wordplay (despite the fact that the Times confusingly calls word squares ‘acrostic squares’).
- This acrostic was probably written by a second or third-century Christian.
- I'm a huge fan of crosswords, both American-style and cryptic (though I suck rocks at the latter); I dig acrostics, and even cryptograms.
- The title of the poem is a near acrostic, containing the word coital (perhaps suggestive of self and other joining together).
- So an entire stanza or page might at times intervene between the M and the U of Mud (at other points the acrostic goes line to line).
- On the inside, she glued six custom-sized acrostics of the names of herself and her relatives, dated 1812 to 1814.
- He took weekly Sabbath walks to the University of North Carolina to sell fruit, soon winning the students' admiration by composing love lyrics and acrostics to order.
- He followed this lively discussion with another literacy activity-having students do an acrostic, using the word ‘retarded.’
- If you thought that puns, acrostics, charades, et cetera were quaint relics from a bygone era, then think again as Robert Dessaix brings us up to date on Word Games.
- To reflect this, God's name seems to have been intentionally left out of the narrative, appearing only as a hidden acrostic.
- I plan to do another blog post, finish the acrostic in the NYT Magazine, and do a bit of walking (with the help of my camera).
- A simple structure for your prayer life may be based on an acrostic on the words ACTS.
- Even the orthography functions as a unit of visual organization, and of allusion: much of the verse is in fact structured by an acrostic.
- It's true that word games (puns, acrostics, charades, and so on) were once thought of as ‘merely’ innocent entertainments.
- It's a good day to read the Times, do the acrostic, grade some exams, watch a movie, and eat dinner in a restaurant.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French acrostiche, from Greek akrostikhis, from akron 'end' + stikhos 'row, line of verse'. The change in the ending was due to association with -ic.

acrobat from early 19th century:
The earliest acrobats were tightrope walkers, which explains why the word derives from Greek akrobatos, meaning ‘walking on tiptoe’. The akro- part of akrobatos meant ‘tip, end, or summit’ and is found in several other English words. The acropolis (mid 17th century) of a Greek city, most famously Athens, was the fortified part, which was usually built on a hill. Acrophobia (late 19th century) is fear of heights. An acronym (mid 20th century) is a word such as laser or Aids formed from the initial letters of other words, and an acrostic (late 16th century) is a poem or puzzle in which the first letters in each line form a word or words.

Rhymes

agnostic, diagnostic, gnostic, prognostic

Definition of acrostic in US English:

acrostic

nounəˈkrɔstɪkəˈkrôstik

A poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.
离合诗
Example sentencesExamples
- I plan to do another blog post, finish the acrostic in the NYT Magazine, and do a bit of walking (with the help of my camera).
- On the inside, she glued six custom-sized acrostics of the names of herself and her relatives, dated 1812 to 1814.
- So an entire stanza or page might at times intervene between the M and the U of Mud (at other points the acrostic goes line to line).
- If you thought that puns, acrostics, charades, et cetera were quaint relics from a bygone era, then think again as Robert Dessaix brings us up to date on Word Games.
- The title of the poem is a near acrostic, containing the word coital (perhaps suggestive of self and other joining together).
- He followed this lively discussion with another literacy activity-having students do an acrostic, using the word ‘retarded.’
- Even the orthography functions as a unit of visual organization, and of allusion: much of the verse is in fact structured by an acrostic.
- Both free verse and rhymed poetry styles are studied, including cinquain, haiku, tanka, rhopalic, echo and refrain poems, acrostics, alphabet and dictionary poems.
- This is the Hebrew month of Elul, which in Hebrew forms an acrostic for the words: ‘I am my Beloved's, and my Beloved is mine.’
- The Greeks did enjoy making acrostics, but that's a different kind of wordplay (despite the fact that the Times confusingly calls word squares ‘acrostic squares’).
- A simple structure for your prayer life may be based on an acrostic on the words ACTS.
- It's true that word games (puns, acrostics, charades, and so on) were once thought of as ‘merely’ innocent entertainments.
- I'm a huge fan of crosswords, both American-style and cryptic (though I suck rocks at the latter); I dig acrostics, and even cryptograms.
- Mullen's poems, which often incorporate word games like anagrams, acrostics, and puns, can border on the nonsensical (or, as she says, ‘skirt the edges of meaning’).
- He took weekly Sabbath walks to the University of North Carolina to sell fruit, soon winning the students' admiration by composing love lyrics and acrostics to order.
- It's a good day to read the Times, do the acrostic, grade some exams, watch a movie, and eat dinner in a restaurant.
- A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza; - read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing.
- This acrostic was probably written by a second or third-century Christian.
- To reflect this, God's name seems to have been intentionally left out of the narrative, appearing only as a hidden acrostic.
- In the Old Testament all the recognized acrostics belong to the alphabetical type (abecedarian).

Origin

Late 16th century: from French acrostiche, from Greek akrostikhis, from akron ‘end’ + stikhos ‘row, line of verse’. The change in the ending was due to association with -ic.

词汇	acrostic
释义	Definition of acrostic in English: acrostic noun əˈkrɒstɪkəˈkrɔstɪk A poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words. 离合诗 Example sentencesExamples A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza; - read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing. This is the Hebrew month of Elul, which in Hebrew forms an acrostic for the words: ‘I am my Beloved's, and my Beloved is mine.’ Both free verse and rhymed poetry styles are studied, including cinquain, haiku, tanka, rhopalic, echo and refrain poems, acrostics, alphabet and dictionary poems. In the Old Testament all the recognized acrostics belong to the alphabetical type (abecedarian). Mullen's poems, which often incorporate word games like anagrams, acrostics, and puns, can border on the nonsensical (or, as she says, ‘skirt the edges of meaning’). The Greeks did enjoy making acrostics, but that's a different kind of wordplay (despite the fact that the Times confusingly calls word squares ‘acrostic squares’). This acrostic was probably written by a second or third-century Christian. I'm a huge fan of crosswords, both American-style and cryptic (though I suck rocks at the latter); I dig acrostics, and even cryptograms. The title of the poem is a near acrostic, containing the word coital (perhaps suggestive of self and other joining together). So an entire stanza or page might at times intervene between the M and the U of Mud (at other points the acrostic goes line to line). On the inside, she glued six custom-sized acrostics of the names of herself and her relatives, dated 1812 to 1814. He took weekly Sabbath walks to the University of North Carolina to sell fruit, soon winning the students' admiration by composing love lyrics and acrostics to order. He followed this lively discussion with another literacy activity-having students do an acrostic, using the word ‘retarded.’ If you thought that puns, acrostics, charades, et cetera were quaint relics from a bygone era, then think again as Robert Dessaix brings us up to date on Word Games. To reflect this, God's name seems to have been intentionally left out of the narrative, appearing only as a hidden acrostic. I plan to do another blog post, finish the acrostic in the NYT Magazine, and do a bit of walking (with the help of my camera). A simple structure for your prayer life may be based on an acrostic on the words ACTS. Even the orthography functions as a unit of visual organization, and of allusion: much of the verse is in fact structured by an acrostic. It's true that word games (puns, acrostics, charades, and so on) were once thought of as ‘merely’ innocent entertainments. It's a good day to read the Times, do the acrostic, grade some exams, watch a movie, and eat dinner in a restaurant. Origin Late 16th century: from French acrostiche, from Greek akrostikhis, from akron 'end' + stikhos 'row, line of verse'. The change in the ending was due to association with -ic. acrobat from early 19th century: The earliest acrobats were tightrope walkers, which explains why the word derives from Greek akrobatos, meaning ‘walking on tiptoe’. The akro- part of akrobatos meant ‘tip, end, or summit’ and is found in several other English words. The acropolis (mid 17th century) of a Greek city, most famously Athens, was the fortified part, which was usually built on a hill. Acrophobia (late 19th century) is fear of heights. An acronym (mid 20th century) is a word such as laser or Aids formed from the initial letters of other words, and an acrostic (late 16th century) is a poem or puzzle in which the first letters in each line form a word or words. Rhymes agnostic, diagnostic, gnostic, prognostic Definition of acrostic in US English: acrostic nounəˈkrɔstɪkəˈkrôstik A poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words. 离合诗 Example sentencesExamples I plan to do another blog post, finish the acrostic in the NYT Magazine, and do a bit of walking (with the help of my camera). On the inside, she glued six custom-sized acrostics of the names of herself and her relatives, dated 1812 to 1814. So an entire stanza or page might at times intervene between the M and the U of Mud (at other points the acrostic goes line to line). If you thought that puns, acrostics, charades, et cetera were quaint relics from a bygone era, then think again as Robert Dessaix brings us up to date on Word Games. The title of the poem is a near acrostic, containing the word coital (perhaps suggestive of self and other joining together). He followed this lively discussion with another literacy activity-having students do an acrostic, using the word ‘retarded.’ Even the orthography functions as a unit of visual organization, and of allusion: much of the verse is in fact structured by an acrostic. Both free verse and rhymed poetry styles are studied, including cinquain, haiku, tanka, rhopalic, echo and refrain poems, acrostics, alphabet and dictionary poems. This is the Hebrew month of Elul, which in Hebrew forms an acrostic for the words: ‘I am my Beloved's, and my Beloved is mine.’ The Greeks did enjoy making acrostics, but that's a different kind of wordplay (despite the fact that the Times confusingly calls word squares ‘acrostic squares’). A simple structure for your prayer life may be based on an acrostic on the words ACTS. It's true that word games (puns, acrostics, charades, and so on) were once thought of as ‘merely’ innocent entertainments. I'm a huge fan of crosswords, both American-style and cryptic (though I suck rocks at the latter); I dig acrostics, and even cryptograms. Mullen's poems, which often incorporate word games like anagrams, acrostics, and puns, can border on the nonsensical (or, as she says, ‘skirt the edges of meaning’). He took weekly Sabbath walks to the University of North Carolina to sell fruit, soon winning the students' admiration by composing love lyrics and acrostics to order. It's a good day to read the Times, do the acrostic, grade some exams, watch a movie, and eat dinner in a restaurant. A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza; - read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing. This acrostic was probably written by a second or third-century Christian. To reflect this, God's name seems to have been intentionally left out of the narrative, appearing only as a hidden acrostic. In the Old Testament all the recognized acrostics belong to the alphabetical type (abecedarian). Origin Late 16th century: from French acrostiche, from Greek akrostikhis, from akron ‘end’ + stikhos ‘row, line of verse’. The change in the ending was due to association with -ic.
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