01 n. 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…
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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.
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A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian. See: Abecedarian
Phrases & compounds
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a species of enigma<-- crossword puzzle -->, in which words are to be guessed whose initial and final letters form other words.