English Explanatory Dictionary

paracrostic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem.

Word forms

paracrostic paracrostics

Etymology

From para- + acrostic.

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