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abecedarian.

Someone who is learning the alphabet.

11 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/eɪ.biː.siːˈdɛː.ɹɪ.ən/UK/ˌeɪ.biˌsiˈdɛ.ɹi.ən/US/ˌeɪ.biˌsiˈdæɹ.i.ən/US
  1. Someone who is learning the alphabet.

  2. An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning.

  3. Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning.

    archaic
  4. A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.

    rhetoric
Where this word comes from

From Late Latin abecedarius (from the first four letters of the Latin alphabet + -arius). Equivalent to abecedary + -an. Compare abecedary.

adj/eɪ.biː.siːˈdɛː.ɹɪ.ən/UK/ˌeɪ.biˌsiˈdɛ.ɹi.ən/US/ˌeɪ.biˌsiˈdæɹ.i.ən/US
  1. Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary.

    archaic
  2. Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets.

  3. Arranged in an alphabetical manner.

  4. Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.

Where this word comes from

From Late Latin abecedarius (from the first four letters of the Latin alphabet + -arius). Equivalent to abecedary + -an. Compare abecedary.

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