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.
Words nearby telestich
telespectroscope,
telesphorus,
telestereoscope,
telesterion,
telesthesia,
telestich,
telesurgery,
teletex,
teletext,
teletheater,
teletherapy
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