Obs. rare. [f. Gr. ἔτεο-ς, gen. of ἔτος year + στίχ-ος row.] = CHRONOGRAM.
a. 1637. B. Jonson, Execr. Vulcan, 36, Wks. 1816, VIII. 416. Had I … pump’d for those hard trifles, Anagrams, Or Eteostics [16401 Ecrosticks; 16402 Eteostichs; 1756 Eteosticks].
1882. J. Hilton, Chronograms, 378. A book … contains this eteostichon, said to be the cemetery or St. Severin [Paris].
