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单词 pentacrostic
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pentacrosticn.adj.

Brit. /ˌpɛntəˈkrɒstɪk/, U.S. /ˌpɛn(t)əˈkrɔstɪk/, /ˌpɛn(t)əˈkrɑstɪk/
Forms: see penta- comb. form and acrostic adj.1 and n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: penta- comb. form, acrostic n.
Etymology: < penta- comb. form + acrostic n. Compare French †pentacrostiche (1690 as adjective, 1765 as noun).
rare.
A. n.
A verse which contains five acrostics.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > types of poem according to form > [noun] > acrostic > specific
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paracrostic1842
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Pentachrostick, a Set or Series of Verses so disposed, that there are always found 5 Acrosticks of the same Name in 5 Divisions of each Verse.
1868 J. Oswald Etymol. Dict. Eng. Lang. (new ed.) 305 Pentacrostic, a set of verses so disposed as to have five acrostics of the same name in five divisions of each verse.
1937 H. Wolfe tr. E. Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac (1951) ii. 59 I'll write a pentacrostic upon your name.
B. adj.
Of a verse: containing five acrostics. Obsolete.
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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pentacrostic, containing five acrostics of the same name in five divisions of each verse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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