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telestich

Meaning of "telestich" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TELESTICH

From Greek telos end + stich.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TELESTICH

tɪˈlɛstɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TELESTICH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Telestich is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TELESTICH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of telestich in the English dictionary

The definition of telestich in the dictionary is a short poem in which the last letters of each successive line form a word.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TELESTICH

acoustic · agrestic · alkahestic · amnestic · anamnestic · artistic · asbestic · Avestic · catachrestic · characteristic · diagnostic · domestic · fantastic · holistic · isopiestic · majestic · orchestic · plastic · stick · undomestic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TELESTICH

telescopist · Telescopium · telescopy · telescreen · teleseme · teleservices · teleshop · teleshopping · telesis · telesm · telesmatic · telesmatical · telesmatically · telesoftware · telespectroscope · telestereoscope · telesthesia · telesthetic · telestic · telesurgery

WORDS THAT END LIKE TELESTICH

decastich · distich · fetich · hemistich · heptastich · hexastich · monostich · octastich · pentastich · stich · tetrastich · tich · tristich

Synonyms and antonyms of telestich in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «telestich» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF TELESTICH

Find out the translation of telestich to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

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

Translator English - Chinese

telestich
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

telestich
570 millions of speakers
en

English

telestich
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

telestich
380 millions of speakers
ar

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telestich
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

telestich
278 millions of speakers
pt

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telestich
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

telestich
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

telestich
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Telestich
190 millions of speakers
de

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telestich
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

telestich
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

telestich
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Telestich
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

telestich
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

telestich
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

टेलिस्टिच
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

telestich
70 millions of speakers
it

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telestich
65 millions of speakers
pl

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telestich
50 millions of speakers
uk

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telestich
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

telestich
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

telestich
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

telestich
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

telestich
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

telestich
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of telestich

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TELESTICH»

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TELESTICH»

Discover the use of telestich in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to telestich and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Epigrams from the Anthologia Latina: Text,Translation and ...
4 and 5 f.). Many questions centre around the acrostich FILOCALI and telestich MELANIAE, the identities of those named, and their inter-relationship with the various descriptive nouns of the persons referred to in the epigram ('domini' (line 1); ...
‎2013
2
Chymical, natural and physical Magic
The Acrostic and Telestich . . . Three Liquors in One Glass . . . . Boys' Marbles . . . . . To cover Lace or Net with Copper The Galvanic Battery . . Rosin Bubbles . . . . To Dip the Hand into Water without Wetting it The Seed of Crystallisation .
George William Septimus PIESSE, 1865
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The Cambridge Ancient History
Acrostics may apply not only to the first sign of the line but equally to the last ( whence the name telestich); as the line on a tablet is laid out much like a line in a printed book, with a justified right margin, the signs constituting the telestich also  ...
John Boardman, I. E. S. Edwards, 1991
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Shakespeare Bacon Conundrum
telestich. (telestic). is. an. acrostic. limited. to. the. ending. letters of lines. Here is an example: I do need it, reap or soW. All close knit of it, am I. Yet, it helps to keep me stilL, And thus each.
Russell Storrs Hall, 2012
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Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
... support each other; the 'sword' of justice becomes a lance and then a straw. See iMAGERY; METAPHOR. telescope. word. See. PORTMANTEAU. WORD. telestich. See. ACROSTIC. Tel Quel school In 1960 the French novelist and critic.
J. A. Cuddon, 2012
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Wax Tablets of the Mind: Cognitive Studies of Memory and ...
An unusual modern variant is the telestich wherethe last letters of the words spell something. One particular exampleby B.Gordon Dickey is both aconventional acrostic and telestich,as well as havingall eightletteranswers. Itis printed inThomas ...
Jocelyn Penny Small, 2003
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A Companion to Vergil's Aeneid and its Tradition
In doing so, he includes a telestich, with the word oti running both horizontally and vertically (Schmidt 1983, 317): per populos dat iura viamque adfectat Olympo. Illo Vergilium me tempore dulcis alebat Parthenope studiis florentem ignobilis oti, ...
Joseph Farrell, Michael C. J. Putnam, 2010
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Genres Rediscovered: Studies in Latin Miniature Epic, Love ...
5-6), in the second case – as it can be implied from the acrostich and telestich – the constructor was Filocalus and Melania the person who contracted for erection of the buildings.326 This as well as other details, especially the very style ...
Anna Maria Wasyl, 2011
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The Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics
... 4; system of, 5 Lanier, Sidney, 49 Lapidary verse, 2OO, 247 Last letters in telestich, 121 Lay, 101, 102, 200, 292-97 Leaping and lingering, 287 Lear, Edward, 213 Leonine rhyme, 79 "Letters to the Dead" (Court), 253 Lettrisme, 79- 80 Libel, ...
Lewis Turco, 2000
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Acts of Engagement: Writings on Art, Criticism, and ...
Touching Telestich seems almost taboo. As a result of Graves's ability to create a sense of personality and flamboyance without touch, Telestich seems puritanical as well as joyous, reverential of Minimalism while flaunting the exuberance and ...
Michael Brenson, 2004

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TELESTICH»

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EDSBS STUDY GROUP: LITERATURE, THEATER, AND POETRY
Telestich: A poem in which the last letter from each line can be combined to form a word or phrase. Here's one I worked up entirely on accident! 'Neath the azure ... «EDSBS, Dec 11»
2
Spoiler Alert! Solving the Hidden Metapuzzle in Wired 's May Issue
The first is for the law firm Acrawstyck, Mezostich & Tellistyk, which can be pronounced as “acrostic, mesostich and telestich,” the puzzle terms for messages in ... «Wired News, May 09»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Telestich [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/telestich>. May 2024 ».
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