10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARACROSTIC»
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Hand-book of literature and the fine arts: comprising ...
PARACROSTIC, a poetical composition in which the first verse contains, in order,
all the letters which commence the remaining versos of the poem or division.
According to Cicero, the original sibylline verses were paracrostics. PAR'ADIGM,
in ...
BBC men, doubt it not — Censorship may start the rot (JM Crooks) ♢ ♢♢ The
following paracrostic is equally amusing: O, gas, do not go off! Grant still your
kindly boon. Allowing us to scoff Some well-warmed food at noon. Despite the
striker's ...
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A Comprehensive Dictionary of the World
Paracusis, par-a-ku-sis, s. (Or.) An imperfect or defective hearing; a confused
perception of ! sound ; a genus of diseases in Cullen's Noso- , logy : class,
Locales ; order, Dysxsthesae. Paracrostic, par-a-hros'-tick, s. (Gr.) A poetical
composition, ...
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The scientific and literary treasury
Impostors, Simon Malin*. Manes, Mon tan us, and others, pretended to be this
expected Comforter. PARACROSTIC {para, alongside of; актом, the outermost ;
and stichoa, a line: Or.), a poetical composition In which It Is necessary that the
first ...
Samuel Maunder, James Yate Johnson, 1866
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)
Paracrostic,parakrōs′tik,n.apoemwith thefirst versecontaining theinitial letters of
the others. Paracusis,parakū′sis, n.disordered hearing.[Gr. para, beside,akousis
, hearing.] Paracyanogen, parasīan′ōjen, n. a substance obtained by heating ...
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The American Phonetic Dictionary of the English Language
PARACROSTIC, Раг-а-krós-tik, n. a poetikal kom- potijon in hwiq de fçr»t vors
kontánz, in oriler, nl de loterz hwiij koméns de remanirj тепеа or ас poem er
divisen. PARACYANOGEN, Par-a-si-án-o-ien, n. (Ch-m.) a brun, solid mater,
obtánd bj ...
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Concise English Dictionary
paracme psr-ak'me. n. the stage of decline or scnc-scence after the culmination of
development. |Gr. para. beside, beyond, aknw. a point. | paracrostic/wr-cvAm.v'rj'
Jt. n. a poem whose initial letters reproduce its first verse, [para-' and acrostic.
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A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing ...
Paracousis, par-a-kow'ses, *. (parakouo, I hear imperfectly, Gr.) Confused
perception of sound. Paracrostic, par-a-kros'tik, ». (para, and akrot- tikon, an
acrostic, Gr.) A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains in order all
the letters ...
John Craig (F.G.S.), 1849
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Historic Magazine and Notes and Queries: A Monthly of ...
Inquirer. 7. The most frequent number used in the Bible is seven;; that in Virgil is
three ; while that in Milton and Homer is nine. Is there any design with the classic
authors for this numeral peculiarity? O. 8. A paracrostic is a poetical composition,
...
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The Best of The Ear: The Ear in a Wheatfield 1973-76 : a ...
We cannot come up with any * I wanted to give him an elle for the sake of a more
meaningful paracrostic. FEEL BAD, AD, about it! ** Doctor Dionsyiac, Stravinsky's
regular form master, has been absent this term. He has been helping with the ...
