telestich

[ tuh-les-tik, tel-uh-stik ]

/ təˈlɛs tɪk, ˈtɛl əˌstɪk /

noun Prosody.

a poem in which the last letters of successive lines form a word, a phrase, or the consecutive letters of the alphabet.

Nearby words

telesphorus, telestereoscope, telesterion, telesthesia, telesthetic, telestich, telesurgery, teletex, teletext, teletheater, teletherapy

Compare acrostic.

Origin of telestich

First recorded in 1630–40; tele-² + stich¹

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British Dictionary definitions for telestich

telestich

/ (tɪˈlɛstɪk, ˈtɛlɪˌstɪk) /

noun

a short poem in which the last letters of each successive line form a word

Word Origin for telestich

C17: from Greek telos end + stich

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