acrosticaladj.

Brit.

/əˈkrɒstɪkl/, U.S.

/əˈkrɔstɪk(ə)l/,

/əˈkrɑstɪk(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s acrosticall, 1600s achrostichall, 1600s acrostichall, 1700s– acrostical, 1800s acrostichal.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: acrostic n., -al suffix¹; Latin acrostichis , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < acrostic n. or its etymon post-classical Latin acrostichis + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier acrostic adj.¹, and -ical suffix.

Of the nature of, consisting of, or in the form of an acrostic.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [adjective] > of or relating to acrostics

acrostic1585

acrostical1620

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > types of poem according to form > [adjective] > acrostic

acrostical1620

acrostichic1873

1620 T. Gataker Davids Instructer 2 This 34 Psalme; composed according to the order of the Hebrew Alphabet, the verses of them beginning, as in Acrostichall Poems, with the letters thereof in their vulgar and vsuall order.

1641 T. Herbert Answer to Mercuries Message Thomason Tracts CLVII. No. 7. 6 An Acrosticall Caveat to beware of Hypocrisie.

1737 L. Clarke Compl. Expos. Bk. Common-prayer 292 The Psalm in the Original is Acrostical.

1793 R. Hawes (title) An acrostical tribute of respect, to the memory of the late Right Honorable Lord George Gordon.

1843 J. Holland Psalmists Brit. I. 104 The whole Bible is abridged in a sort of scheme of acrostical mnemonics.

1887 W. Smith & H. Wace Dict. Christian Biogr. IV. 648/1 The Eighth Book, in acrostichal verse.

1894 Athenæum 28 July 128/3 Chaucer's ‘A B C’, a curious acrostical prayer ‘like Psalm cxviii’.

1913 Irish Monthly 41 524 One such token took the shape of an acrostical sonnet.

1989 L. Toker Nabokov 57 ‘Lik’..turns out to be the acrostical soubriquet of a character.

2007 J. Richardson Life Picasso 210 The title poem..is an acrostical ode.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acrostical
释义	acrosticaladj. Brit. /əˈkrɒstɪkl/, U.S. /əˈkrɔstɪk(ə)l/, /əˈkrɑstɪk(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s acrosticall, 1600s achrostichall, 1600s acrostichall, 1700s– acrostical, 1800s acrostichal. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: acrostic n., -al suffix¹; Latin acrostichis , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < acrostic n. or its etymon post-classical Latin acrostichis + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier acrostic adj.¹, and -ical suffix. Of the nature of, consisting of, or in the form of an acrostic. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [adjective] > of or relating to acrostics acrostic1585 acrostical1620 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > types of poem according to form > [adjective] > acrostic acrostical1620 acrostichic1873 1620 T. Gataker Davids Instructer 2 This 34 Psalme; composed according to the order of the Hebrew Alphabet, the verses of them beginning, as in Acrostichall Poems, with the letters thereof in their vulgar and vsuall order. 1641 T. Herbert Answer to Mercuries Message Thomason Tracts CLVII. No. 7. 6 An Acrosticall Caveat to beware of Hypocrisie. 1737 L. Clarke Compl. Expos. Bk. Common-prayer 292 The Psalm in the Original is Acrostical. 1793 R. Hawes (title) An acrostical tribute of respect, to the memory of the late Right Honorable Lord George Gordon. 1843 J. Holland Psalmists Brit. I. 104 The whole Bible is abridged in a sort of scheme of acrostical mnemonics. 1887 W. Smith & H. Wace Dict. Christian Biogr. IV. 648/1 The Eighth Book, in acrostichal verse. 1894 Athenæum 28 July 128/3 Chaucer's ‘A B C’, a curious acrostical prayer ‘like Psalm cxviii’. 1913 Irish Monthly 41 524 One such token took the shape of an acrostical sonnet. 1989 L. Toker Nabokov 57 ‘Lik’..turns out to be the acrostical soubriquet of a character. 2007 J. Richardson Life Picasso 210 The title poem..is an acrostical ode. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1620
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