acrostic

/ə'krɔstik/

Thân thiện

A child solves an acrostic puzzle with a pencil.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A poem or other composition in which specific letters, typically the first letters of each line, spell out a word, phrase, or message when read in sequence.
   • A word puzzle or game consisting of a square grid of squares in which words are written both across and down, often based on a set of given clues.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The poet wrote an acrostic spelling out his beloved's name with the first letter of each line.
  • She enjoys solving the acrostic puzzle in the Sunday newspaper.

Advanced Usage

• "Double acrostic": A more complex form where the first and last letters of each line, or other specific letters, form words or messages.
  • The manuscript contained a challenging double acrostic that scholars struggled to decipher.

Variants and Related Words

• Acrostical (adj, rare): Pertaining to or of the nature of an acrostic.
  • The poem's acrostical structure was a clever hidden tribute.

Synonyms

• Word puzzle: A general term for puzzles involving words.
• Logogriph (archaic): A type of word puzzle or anagram.

Related Phrases

• To construct an acrostic: To create an acrostic poem or puzzle.
  • For the assignment, students were asked to construct an acrostic based on their name.

Học thuật

Noun

1. verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
2. a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across

Từ đồng nghĩa

• word square