Meaning of ABECEDARIAN
| Pronunciation: | | `eybeesee'dehreeun
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- [n] a novice learning the rudiments of some subject
- [adj] alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers)
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| | See Also: | | beginner, initiate, novice, tiro, tyro | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\A`be*ce*da"ri*an\, n. [L. abecedarius. A word from
the first four letters of the alphabet.]
1. One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.
2. One engaged in teaching the alphabet. --Wood.
\A`be*ce*da"ri*an\, Abecedary \A`be*ce"da*ry\, a.
Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet;
alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.
{Abecedarian psalms}, {hymns}, etc., compositions in which
(like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or
verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet.
--Hook.
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