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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem.

   "the original Sibylline verses the head is but little distinct from the body , but always were paracrostics"

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"the original Sibylline verses the head is but little distinct from the body , but always were paracrostics"

Etymology

From para- + acrostic.

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