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Rareacrostic
The correct spelling is acrostic.
How to pronounce acrostic
/əˈkɹɑstɪk/
nounIPA: /əˈkɹɑstɪk/
Say it like: Acr-ost-ic
The correct spelling is acrostic. A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
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Definition
noun
- 1.A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
- 2.A poem in Hebrew in which successive lines or verses start with consecutive letters of the alphabet.
- 3.A kind of word puzzle, the solution of which forms an anagram of a quotation, and their initials often forming the name of its author.
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