Acrostic

Alternative forms

• acrostick obsolete
• acrosticke obsolete

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἀκροστιχίς.

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 particular kind of word puzzle: its solutions form an anagram of a quotation, and their initials often form its author.

Derived terms

• double acrostic
• triple acrostic

Anagrams

• Socratic