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Meaning of "acrostical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ACROSTICAL

acrostical  [əˈkrɒstɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACROSTICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Acrostical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ACROSTICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of acrostical in the English dictionary

The definition of acrostical in the dictionary is relating to a written composition where certain letters of each line spell a word, phrase or sentence.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACROSTICAL


acoustical
əˈkuːstɪkəl
agonistical
ˌæɡəˈnɪstɪkəl
artistical
ɑːˈtɪstɪkəl
biostatistical
ˌbaɪəʊstəˈtɪstɪkəl
diagnostical
ˌdaɪəɡˈnɒstɪkəl
ecclesiastical
ɪˌkliːzɪˈæstɪkəl
egotistical
ˌɛɡəʊˈtɪstɪkəl
fantastical
fænˈtæstɪkəl
geognostical
ˌdʒiːɒɡˈnɒstɪkəl
gnostical
ˈnɒstɪkəl
logistical
ləˈdʒɪstɪkəl
majestical
məˈdʒestɪkəl
mystical
ˈmɪstɪkəl
optimistical
ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪkəl
papistical
peɪˈpɪstɪkəl
rustical
ˈrʌstɪkəl
sophistical
səˈfɪstɪkəl
statistical
stəˈtɪstɪkəl
stickle
ˈstɪkəl
testicle
ˈtɛstɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACROSTICAL

acrophonetic
acrophonic
acrophony
acropolis
acrosomal
acrosome
acrosome reaction
acrospire
across
across country
across the board
across-the-board
acrostic
acrostically
acroter
acroterial
acroterion
acroterium
acrotic
acrotism

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACROSTICAL

aeronautical
alphabetical
analytical
chemical
critical
diacritical
elliptical
grammatical
hypothetical
identical
mathematical
metical
nautical
optical
pharmaceutical
political
practical
skeptical
tactical
theoretical
vertical

Synonyms and antonyms of acrostical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «acrostical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACROSTICAL

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The translations of acrostical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «acrostical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

acrostical
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acrostical
570 millions of speakers

English

acrostical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

acrostical
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

acrostical
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

acrostical
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acrostical
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

acrostical
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

acrostical
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Akrostikal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

acrostical
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

acrostical
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

acrostical
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Acrostical
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

acrostical
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

acrostical
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समतोल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

acrostical
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acrostical
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

acrostical
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

acrostical
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

acrostical
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

acrostical
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

acrostical
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

acrostical
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

acrostical
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of acrostical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACROSTICAL»

The term «acrostical» is barely ever used and occupies the 204.454 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACROSTICAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «acrostical» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «acrostical» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about acrostical

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACROSTICAL»

Discover the use of acrostical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to acrostical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Acrostical Pen Portraits on the Eighteen Presidents of the ...
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
D. F. Lockerby, 2008
2
Manual of North American Diptera
Posterior dorsocentral and acrostical bristles well-developed and constant; cheeks hairy; third longitudinal vein spinulose at base only. Calliphora. Posterior dorsocentral and acrostical bristles constant and well- developed; cheeks bare; first ...
Samuel Wendell Williston, 1908
3
Catalogue of the Coptic manuscripts in the British museum
Parts of an acrostical Hymn. V. no. 848. 897. Or. 3367(5). — Paper ; two leaves, from different MSS. ; paged ah and piu. ; each about 6 x 4 in. Script, cf. Hyvernat, pl.lv. 2. [H. Wallis.] From Hymns ; one acrostical, the other called £a (rpondpiop) ...
British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, Walter Ewing Crum, 1905
4
Bible Acrostics, Or, an Acrostical Arrangement of All the ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Samuel J. Wilkins, 2013
5
Field book of insects: with special reference to those of ...
Thorax without distinct stripes and usually covered with a yellowish "dust"; more than two pairs of acrostical bristles; two anterior and three posterior dorso- centrals. Pollenia rudis. Thorax with distinct stripes only in front, if at all; not more than ...
Frank Eugene Lutz, 1918
6
Historic Magazine and Notes and Queries: A Monthly of ...
The Acrostical Hymn. (Vol. Ill, p. 92.) I have seen it stated that there is a remarkable acrostical hymn on the words, Ieiout Ghristos Theos Uios Soter, said to have been composed by the Sibyls. Can some one furnish it or inform me where it is ...
7
Entomology and the Law: Flies as Forensic Indicators
Male and female without anterior acrostical bristles Blepharicnemasplendens - Male and female with anterior acrostical bristles 20 20. - With three postsutural acrostical bristles 21 - With two postsutural acrostical bristles 22 21. - Male and ...
Bernard Greenberg, John Charles Kunich, 2002
8
The pictorial Bible: being the Old and New testaments ...
The original marks this as the proper division ; the four first chapters being acrostical, so that the termination of the alphabet completes the poem, while the distinction of initials naturally divides each into twenty-two distinct periods, according to ...
9
Delimitation Criticism: A New Tool in Biblical Scholarship
Qumran: Occasionally ancient Hebrew manuscripts have wider spaces at the beginning of verses, e.g. iQlsaa in Isa. 50:1-11. 122 • Targum: The acrostical Aramaic Song of the Lamb, discovered by Eveline van Staalduine-Sulman, provides an ...
Marjo Christina Annette Korpel, Josef M. Oesch, 2000
10
'Enbe Men Karmo Suryoyo (bunches of Grapes from the Syriac ...
Before the ninth century, Syriac poetry was characterized by its frequent recourse to the acrostical arrangement, particularly the alphabetic one. Acrostics may be a. simple (linear), with each verse starting with a different letter of the Syriac ...
Martin Zammit, 2006

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACROSTICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term acrostical is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Acrostical, Week 11: Are you running the dang ball enough?
Bucknell is not the place you expect a grill fire to postpone a game. That feels more like Memphis, Atlanta, or some small school in North ... «SB Nation, Nov 14»
2
The Acrostical, Week 9: The value of staying angry forever
Josh Robinson did not run through the entire Kentucky defense in Mississippi State's win over the Wildcats. He did, however, run through half of ... «SB Nation, Oct 14»
3
The Acrostical: Everyone should just be more like the Pac-12
Notre Dame vs. Florida State should get you excited, if for no other reason than this: one team has to lose and will deserve to, for one reason or ... «SB Nation, Oct 14»
4
The Acrostical, Week 5: Charting chaos and recognizing fire
The Acrostical, Week 5: Charting chaos and recognizing fire. By Spencer Hall @edsbs on Sep 29, 2014, 2:25p 82. Brady Hoke's next job will involve a giant ... «SB Nation, Sep 14»
5
The Acrostical, Week 4: Just go outside
Not everyone should give up four weeks into the college football season. For instance, West Virginia sits at 2-2 and just lost at home in a ... «SB Nation, Sep 14»
6
The Acrostical, Week 3: We survived Weird Road Trip Weekend
Arkansas' gameplan against Texas Tech was the same as every other gameplan Bret Bielema has ever drawn up: run the dutch oven offense ... «SB Nation, Sep 14»
7
Bobby Ball Is (Officially) Back: Louisville 31, Miami 13
Spencer Hall made this point in The Acrostical, but one of the biggest things Bobby Petrino did to protect Will Gardner in his first start was call ... «Card Chronicle, Sep 14»
8
YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS, PENN STATE
We mentioned it in the Acrostical by metaphor, but the actual mechanics of how Texas A&M dismantled South Carolina are way, way more ... «EDSBS, Sep 14»
9
The Acrostical, Week 1: Nothing ever changes
When nothing else works, this album makes me want to live, even if it is a colossal monument to brave, loud stupidity. It's dumb, huge, and ... «SB Nation, Sep 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Acrostical [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/acrostical>. Apr 2024 ».
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