acrostic

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synonyms for acrostic

On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to acrostic, such as: acronym, cipher, composition, phrase, and wordplay.

How to use acrostic in a sentence

  • Each column is an acrostic of the name Martinvs Luthervs, making 80 scurrilous epithets.

  • The acrostic and the Chronogram are both ingeniously described in the mock epic of the Scribleriad.

  • Neither the acrostic nor the Alexandrine has the property assigned to it here.

    Essays | Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza;—read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing.

    Essays, First Series | Ralph Waldo Emerson

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