Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A poetical composition in which the first verse contains, in order, all the initial letters of the remaining verses of the poem or division.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
poetical composition , in which the firstverse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem.
Etymologies
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para- + acrostic
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