telestich

[ tuh-les-tik, tel-uh-stik ]
/ təˈlɛs tɪk, ˈtɛl əˌstɪk /

noun Prosody.

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

Origin of telestich

First recorded in 1630–40; tele-2 + stich1

British Dictionary definitions for telestich

telestich
/ (tɪˈlɛstɪk, ˈtɛlɪˌstɪk) /

noun

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

Word Origin for telestich

C17: from Greek telos end + stich