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Definition of: acrostic
(ə·krôs′tik, ə·kros′-) noun
A poem or other composition in which initial or other letters, taken in order, form a word or phrase. [<L acrostichis <Gk. akrostichis <akros end + stichos line of verse]
—a·cros′ti·cal·ly adverb
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