单词 | telestich |
释义 | telestichn. A (usually short) poem or other composition in which the final letters of the lines, taken in order, spell a word, phrase, or sentence. Cf. acrostic n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > puzzle > [noun] > other word puzzles riddleOE logogriph1598 rebus1605 name-device1631 telesticha1637 lipogram1711 charade1776 conundrum1790 logogram1820 anagrams?1860 acrostic1861 metagram1867 word square1867 verbarian1872 jumble-letters1899 word ladder1928 Double-Crostic1934 word search1957 hangman1961 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > types of poem according to form > [noun] > acrostic > specific telesticha1637 pentacrostic1730 paracrostic1842 a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods lxiii. 39 in Wks. (1640) III Had I..pomp'd for..Acrostichs, and Telestichs. 1673 S'too him Bayes 44 The Arrantest Dunce that ever made Acrostick, Telestick, or Anagram. 1843 Cultivator Jan. 24/2 (title) A Telestich—New Year's Salutatory. 1883 H. M. Kennedy tr. B. ten Brink Early Eng. Lit. 36 A predilection for other metrical diversions, especially the acrostic and telestich. 1957 Medium Aevum 26 107 The names of the persons involved are not spelled out..by final letters, as in a telestich. 1997 J. P. Small Wax Tablets of Mind 270 An unusual modern variant [of the acrostic] is the telestich where the last letters of the words spell something. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1637 |
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