"double acrostic" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: double acrostics [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} double acrostic (plural double acrostics)
  1. A poem whose stanzas, except the first two, are clues for words. The initial letters of these words, in order, form a word clued by the first stanza; the final letters, the second stanza. Meronyms: cross-light, light, upright Coordinate_terms: triple acrostic
    Sense id: en-double_acrostic-en-noun-vbrzoadR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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