paracrostic

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A poetical composition in which the first verse contains, in order, all the initial letters of the remaining verses of the poem or division.

Wiktionary

1. n. A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem.