acrostics
- plural of acrostic.
Example Sentences
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One of the greatest American composers, clearly the greatest lyricist — and, by virtue of those two rarely linked greatnesses, the essential musical dramatist of our time — wanted to talk about double acrostics.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
Anglo-Latin riddlers often put their collections together in a very particular order involving elaborate acrostics.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
Scholars have found what appear to be other “Paradise Lost” acrostics, including one discovered in 1977.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2019
Printed vertically, they’d be called acrostics; horizontally, they’re often called backronyms.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2016
While the rest of the class shares their acrostics, I write a new one in the margin of my notebook, shielding it with my arm so no one can see.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
