paracrostic

noun

paracrostic

noun

Etymology From para- + acrostic.

1

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

  • the original Sibylline verses the head is but little distinct from the body , but always were paracrostics1847, William Thomas Brande, A Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art:

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