Acrostick

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  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of acrostic. alt-of, obsolete

    "[L]et him that is melancholy [...] apply his minde I ſay to Heraldry, Antiquity, invent Impreſſes, Emblemes; make Epithalamiums, Epitaphs, Elegies, Epigrams, Palindrona Epigrammata, Anagrams, Chronograms, Acroſticks, upon his friends names; [...]"

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abuse of termsacronymamphibologismamphibolyanagramavyayibhava

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"[L]et him that is melancholy [...] apply his minde I ſay to Heraldry, Antiquity, invent Impreſſes, Emblemes; make Epithalamiums, Epitaphs, Elegies, Epigrams, Palindrona Epigrammata, Anagrams, Chronograms, Acroſticks, upon his friends names; [...]"

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