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telestich

telestich noun: an acrostic whose message is spelled out in the final letters of each line.

Noun

telestich (plural telestichs)

  1. An acrostic whose message is spelled out in the final letters of each line.

Forms of telestich

pluraltelestichs

Origin of telestich

From Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “end”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line”). See stich.

Questions about telestich

What does telestich mean?
Telestich means an acrostic whose message is spelled out in the final letters of each line.
What part of speech is telestich?
Telestich is a noun.
What is the plural of telestich?
The plural of telestich is telestichs.

Words near telestich in the dictionary

  1. telesterion
  2. telesthesia
  3. telesthesias
  4. telestial
  5. telestic
  6. telestich
  7. telestichs
  8. telestics
  9. Telesto
  10. telestration
  11. telestrator

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