Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pentacrostic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pen-tacros-tic
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A set of verses arranged so that the name of the subject occurs five times, the whole set of verses being divided into five different parts from top to bottom.

Example Sentences

"There were also pentacrostics, where the name was repeated five times."
"1872, Crack (pseud.), Whetstones for wits; or, Double acrostics There are instances […] of pentacrostics, i.e., of acrostics where the required letters form five columns in the poem. An average specimen of these is the Latin acrostic in hexameter verse, prefixed to the first volume of Father Bluteau's Portuguese Dictionary, in praise of the author."
"Rojas […] has left us a pentacrostic from which we learn his name, and that he was a lawyer and a native of Montalvan in the province of Toledo."

Etymology

From penta- + acrostic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: penta

Inflected Forms

pentacrostics (plural)

Questions

What does pentacrostic mean?: A set of verses arranged so that the name of the subject occurs five times, the whole set of verses being divided into five different parts from top to bottom.
Where does pentacrostic come from?: From penta- + acrostic.

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