notarikon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cabalistic method of deriving a phrase from a word, using the letters of the word as initial letters of words in the sentence.
  2. A cabalistic method of creating a word from initial, middle and final letters (in any combination) of words in a phrase.

Word forms

notarikon

Etymology

From Hebrew נוטריקון, borrowed from Ancient Greek νοταρικόν (notarikón).

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