telestich

American  

[tuh-les-tik, tel-uh-stik] / təˈlɛs tɪk, ˈtɛl əˌstɪk /

noun

Prosody.

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

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telestich British  

/ tɪˈlɛstɪk, ˈtɛlɪˌstɪk /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of telestich

First recorded in 1630–40; tele- ² + stich ¹