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telestich

[tuh-les-tik, tel-uh-stik]

noun

Prosody.

  1. a poem in which the last letters of successive lines form a word, a phrase, or the consecutive letters of the alphabet.

telestich

/ tɪˈlɛstɪk, ˈtɛlɪˌstɪk /

noun

  1. a short poem in which the last letters of each successive line form a word

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of telestich1

First recorded in 1630–40; tele- 2 + stich 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of telestich1

C17: from Greek telos end + stich
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Telestich, tel′ē-stik, n. a poem in which the final letters of the lines make a name.

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