abecedarian
noun
- a novice; beginner
- someone learning the alphabet
adjective
- Relating to the alphabet
- Arranged in alphabetical order
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /eɪ.biː.siːˈdɛː.ɹɪ.ən/ / /ˌeɪ.biˌsiˈdɛ.ɹi.ən/ / /ˌeɪ.biˌsiˈdæɹ.i.ən/
adj
Etymology: From Late Latin abecedarius (from the first four letters of the Latin alphabet + -arius). Equivalent to abecedary + -an. Compare abecedary.
- Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary.
- Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets.
“The professor [...] had several other translations or feats of antiquarian deciphering to his credit. Indeed, I was extremely fortunate to find him in at the museum, for he planned to fly within the week to Peru where yet another task awaited his abecedarian talents.”
- Arranged in an alphabetical manner.
- Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.
noun
Etymology: From Late Latin abecedarius (from the first four letters of the Latin alphabet + -arius). Equivalent to abecedary + -an. Compare abecedary.
- Someone who is learning the alphabet.
- An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning.
“A man may alwaies continue his studie, but not schooling. O fond-foolish for an old man to be ever an Abcedarian [translating abecedaire].”
- Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning.
- A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.
“This formal organization is most likely to create obscurity in such elaborate and artificial forms as: palindromes (words, phrases, or verses which read the same backward or forward), abecedarians (poems in which the initial letters of lines or stanzas are arranged to[…])[…].”
“Abecedarian verses are chanted stichoi/stichera verses in which the first letter of each verse follows an alphabetical order.[…]The Amomos, an abecedarian, is the longest psalm in the Psalter[…].”