- acrostical
- adjective see acrostic
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
acrostical
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Acrostical — Acrostic A*cros tic, Acrostical A*cros tic*al, n. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acrostical — see acrostichal area, bristles, scales … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
acrostical — adjective Like an acrostic … Wiktionary
acrostical — acros·ti·cal … English syllables
acrostical — adjective see acrostic II … Useful english dictionary
Acrostic — A*cros tic, Acrostical A*cros tic*al, n. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acrostic — noun Etymology: Middle French & Greek; Middle French acrostiche, from Greek akrostichis, from akr acr + stichos line; akin to steichein to go more at stair Date: 1530 1. a composition usually in verse in which sets of letters (as the initial or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
acrostic — acrostically, adv. /euh kraw stik, euh kros tik/, n. 1. a series of lines or verses in which the first, last, or other particular letters when taken in order spell out a word, phrase, etc. adj. 2. Also, acrostical. of, like, or forming an… … Universalium
acrostic — [ə krôs′tik, əkräs′tik] n. [Gr akrostichos < akros (see ACRO ) + stichos, line of verse] a verse or arrangement of words in which certain letters in each line, such as the first or last, when taken in order spell out a word, motto, etc. adj.… … English World dictionary
ADDIR BI-MELUKHAH — (Heb. אַדִּיר בִּמְלוּכָה; Mighty in Kingship ), acrostical hymn recited toward the close of the Passover seder in the Ashkenazi and some other rites. It enumerates various attributes of God in the first two lines of each strophe, followed by a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
