Etymology

mesostich

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Today it means: An acrostic that spells out a word or message with its middle letters. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μέσος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέσος“middle”
  2. English todaymesostich

From Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) and στίχος (stíkhos, “line”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμέσος all →

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