Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

abecedarian

/ˌeɪ.biˌsiˈdɛ.ɹi.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: abecedar-i-an
IPA: /ˌeɪ.biˌsiˈdɛ.ɹi.ən/

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who is learning the alphabet.

noun

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

noun

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

Archaic

noun

A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.

adj

Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary.

Archaic

adj

Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets.

adj

Arranged in an alphabetical manner.

adj

Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.

Example Sentences

"A man may alwaies continue his studie, but not schooling. O fond-foolish for an old man to be ever an Abcedarian [translating abecedaire]."
"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[…]."
"An Abecedarian is any poem constrained by alphabetical order."
"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."
"Behind the stable doors, where competitors frenziedly shine tack and polish hooves, Donna McNulty busies herself with her horse, Abecedarian."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Root: abecedarius
Suffix: abecedary, abecedārius

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌeɪ.biˌsiˈdɛ.ɹi.ən/
British English: /eɪ.biː.siːˈdɛː.ɹɪ.ən/

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

abecedarians (plural) abecedary (alternative) more abecedarian (comparative) most abecedarian (superlative)

Phrases

abecedarian insult abecedarian jigsaw abecedarian psalms

Questions

How do you pronounce abecedarian?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌeɪ.biˌsiˈdɛ.ɹi.ən/.
What does abecedarian mean?: Someone who is learning the alphabet.
Where does abecedarian come 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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