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nonacrostic

nonacrostic adjective: not in the form of an acrostic.

Adjective

nonacrostic (not comparable)

  1. Not in the form of an acrostic.
    • Since Psalms 32 and 49, which are nonacrostic, exceed in length the acrostic Psalm 112, we may infer that their authors consciously chose not to play according to the alphabetic rules of composition.1974, Jaren J. Jackson, Martin Kessler, Dikran Hadidian, Rhetorical Criticism: Essays in honor of James Muilenburg, page 218
    • Both an acrostic argument and a nonacrostic argument are prefixed to some of Plautus's comedies.1990, Alexander Hamilton, Robert Micklus, The History of the Ancient and Honorable Tuesday Club, page 38

Origin of nonacrostic

From non- + acrostic.

Questions about nonacrostic

What does nonacrostic mean?
Nonacrostic means not in the form of an acrostic.
What part of speech is nonacrostic?
Nonacrostic is an adjective.

Words near nonacrostic in the dictionary

  1. nonacrocentric
  2. nonacronymous
  3. nonacrophobic
  4. nonacrophonic
  5. nonacrosomal
  6. nonacrostic
  7. nonacrylic
  8. nonact
  9. nonactable
  10. nonactic
  11. nonactic acid

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