noun ·alt. of acrostical.
2. acrostic ·noun a hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as psalm cxix.). ·see abecedarian.
3. acrostic ·noun a composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.