acrostic
Syllabification: (a·cros·tic)
Pronunciation: /əˈkrôstik, əˈkräs-/
Definition of acrostic
noun
Origin:
late 16th century: from French acrostiche, from Greek akrostikhis, from akron 'end' + stikhos 'row, line of verse'. The spelling change was due to association with -ic