"triple acrostic" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: triple acrostics [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} triple acrostic (plural triple acrostics)
  1. A poem whose stanzas, except the first three, are clues for words. The initial letters of these words, in order, form a word clued by the first stanza; the middle letters, the second stanza; and the final letters, the third stanza. Meronyms: cross-light, light, upright Coordinate_terms: double acrostic
    Sense id: en-triple_acrostic-en-noun-QkIIU48D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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