acrosticism
(əˈkrɒstɪsɪz(ə)m)
[f. acrostic + -ism, more correctly acrostichism.]
The method of acrostics; acrostichal arrangement or character.
| 1842 Mrs. Browning Grk. Chr. Poets 73 There is an earnestness in the poem, acrostic as it is,—a leaning to beauty's side,—which is above the acrosticism. |