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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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Telestich
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Telestich
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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