acrostic
WRITING IN WHICH THE FIRST LETTER, SYLLABLE OR WORD OF EACH LINE, PARAGRAPH OR OTHER RECURRING FEATURE IN THE TEXT SPELLS OUT A WORD OR A MESSAGE
Acrostic poem; Acrostics; Pruntiform; Mesostich; Alphabetic Psalms; Psalms, Alphabetic; Acrostic poetry; Telestich; Acrostich
[?'kr?st?k]
¦ noun a poem or puzzle in which certain letters in each line form a word or words.
Origin
C16: from Fr. acrostiche, from Gk akrostikhis, from akron 'end' + stikhos 'row, line of verse'.