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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telestich

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
telestich
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An acrostic whose message is spelled out in the final letters of each line.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “end”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line”). See stich.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

telestichs (plural)

Questions

What does telestich mean?
An acrostic whose message is spelled out in the final letters of each line.
Where does telestich come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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