n.
Pronunciation: ə - ' kro ̇ s-tik, - ' kräs-
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French & Greek; Middle French acrostiche, from Greek akrostichis, from akr- acr- + stichos line; akin to steichein to go ― more at STAIR
Date: 1530
1 : a composition usually in verse in which sets of letters (as the initial or final letters of the lines) taken in order form a word or phrase or a regular sequence of letters of the alphabet
2 : ACRONYM
– acrostic also acros · ti · cal \ -ti-k ə l \ adjective
– acros · ti · cal · ly \ -ti-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb