acrostic
Word family nounacrosticadverbacrostically
a·cros·tic /əˈkrɒstɪk $ əˈkrɒː-/ noun [countableC] ALDGOa poem or piece of writing in which the first or last letter of each line spells a word 离合诗;离合文〔各行第一个词的首字母或最后一个词的尾字母能组合成词的一种文体〕 Origin acrostic (1500-1600) French acrostiche, from
Greek akrostichis, from
akr- (
→ ACRONYM) +
stichos “line”