Meaning of nonacrostic | Babel Free

Definitions

Not in the form of an acrostic.

not-comparable

Examples

“Since Psalms 32 and 49, which are nonacrostic, exceed in length the acrostic Psalm 112, we may infer that their authors consciously chose not to play⟳ according to the alphabetic rules of composition.”

“Both an acrostic argument and a nonacrostic argument are prefixed to some of Plautus's comedies.”

“Nearly all of his litanies begin⟳ with the word gandz, except for nos. 7 (the only acrostic litany without his name⟳), 11 (the only such litany among the acrostic litanies with his name⟳), and 12 (the only nonacrostic litany).”

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