Relating to or characteristic of acrostic poetry where the first letters form words but follow a specific or true pattern (from Greek 'eteos' meaning true).
From Greek 'eteos' (true) combined with 'stichon' (row/verse), adapted through '-ic' to form an adjective. This term distinguishes genuine acrostics from other word-play forms.
An eteostic poem is like a hidden message game—medieval monks would hide names or prayers in the first letters of lines, and readers who knew to look could find the secret message hidden in plain sight!
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