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telestich

[ tuh-les-tik, tel-uh-stik ]

noun

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

telestich

/ tɪˈlɛstɪk; ˈtɛlɪˌstɪk /

noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of telestich1

First recorded in 1630–40; tele- 2 + stich 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of telestich1

C17: from Greek telos end + stich

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