paracrostic

English

Etymology

para- +‎ acrostic

Noun

paracrostic (plural paracrostics)

1. A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem.
   • 1847, William Thomas Brande, A Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art:

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

References

• “paracrostic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.