Definition of Telestich

1. n. A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf. Acrostic.

Definition of Telestich

1. Noun. An acrostic whose message is spelled out in the final letters of each line. ¹

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Definition of Telestich

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Telestich

teleshow
teleshows
telesis
telesm
telesms
telesoftware
telespectroscope
telespectroscopes
telestation
telestations
telestereoscope
telestereoscopes
telesthesia
telestial
telestic
telestich (current term)
telestichs
telestics
telestrator
telestrators
telesurgeries
telesurgery
telesync
telesyncs
telesystolic
teletactor
teleteacher
teleteachers
teleteaching
teletex

Literary usage of Telestich

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chymical, Natural, and Physical Magic: Intended for the Instruction and by George William Septimus Piesse (1865)
"The Acrostic and telestich. The word acrostic in its derivation includes various artificial arrangements of lines, and many fantastic conceits have been ..."

2. Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature: A Melange by Charles Carroll Bombaugh (1890)
"An ingenious variety called the telestich, is that in which the letters beginning the lines spell a word, while the letters ending the lines, ..."

3. Early English Literature (To Wiclif) by Bernhard Aegidius Konrad ten Brink, Horace Milton Kennedy (1883)
"He showed, likewise, a predilection for other metrical diversions, especially the acrostic and telestich. In the choice of his material, not less than in ..."

4. Adams' New Musical Dictionary of Fifteen Thousand Technical Words, Phrases by John Stowell Adams (1865)
"telestich. (Ork.) A poem in which the final letters of the lines form a name. Tell-Taie. A movable piece of metal, bone, or ivory, attached to an organ, ..."

5. Twelve Thousand Words Often Mispronounced by William Henry Pinkney Phyfe (1908)
"... or teT-e-path-i. telestich—te-les'-tik or teT-e-stik. The Standard Dictionary prefers the second. temperament—tgm'-per-a-mgnt, not tgm'- pra-mgnt. ..."

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