telestich

noun

te·​les·​tich

tə̇ˈlestik,

ˈteləˌs-

plural -s

: a poem in which the consecutive final letters of the lines spell a name compare acrostic sense 1a

Word History

Etymology

tel- entry 2 + Greek stichos line

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