abcedarian: a person or book that teaches the alphabet. A word formed from the first four (or five) letters of the alphabet.
(from The Word Museum by Jeffrey Kacirk)
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2 comments:
i thought it was this (with a different spelling):
Main Entry: abe·ce·dar·i·an
Pronunciation: "A-bE-(")sE-'der-E-&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English abecedary, from Medieval Latin abecedarium alphabet, from Late Latin, neuter of abecedarius of the alphabet, from the letters a + b + c + d
: one learning the rudiments of something (as the alphabet)
knowing (or guessing)this made me the king of trivial pursuit, or jeopardy, or some game, and also made me laugh unbecomingly as i was fairly drunk at the time.
your pal,
blake
Dude, you have your dictionary and I have mine. I double-checked the spelling, and I copied what was there. I have no doubt whatsoever that you are equally correct, we just have differing sources.
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