adjective
- relating to or denoting a type of acrostic in which the first letters of successive lines or words form a word or message when read vertically
Usage: literary; technical
Examples
- The poet crafted an acrostatic verse where the opening letters spelled out her name.
- Acrostatic poetry has been used for centuries as a clever literary device.
- The acrostatic arrangement of the stanzas revealed a hidden message to careful readers.
- Students learned to write acrostatic poems as an introduction to wordplay and structure.