a‧cros‧tic /əˈkrɒstɪk $ əˈkrɒː-/
noun [countable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;
Origin: acrostiche, from Greek akrostichis, from akr- ( ⇒ acronym) + stichos 'line']
a poem or piece of writing in which the first or last letter of each line spells a word
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