单词 | acrosticism |
释义 | acrosticismn. rare. The method of acrostics; acrostical arrangement or character. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > types of poem according to form > [noun] > acrostic > acrostical arrangement acrosticism1842 1842 E. B. Barrett Some Acct. Greek Christian Poets in Athenæum 19 Mar. 249/3 There is an earnestness in the poem, acrostic as it is,—a leaning to beauty's side,—which is above the acrosticism. 1874 Brit. Q. Rev. Oct. 320 A new translation..does not, however, reproduce Keil's attempt to preserve the alphabetic acrosticism of the original. 1929 Jrnl. Relig. 9 527 Acrosticism is much less frequent. 1987 W. M. Kroll Psalms 3 Hebrew poetry frequently made use of acrosticism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1842 |
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