ABECEDARIAN

abecedarian

Noun

  1. Someone who is learning the alphabet.
  2. An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning. <ref name=SOED/>
  3. Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning. <ref name=SOED/>
  4. A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.

Adjective

  1. Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary. <ref name=SOED/>
  2. Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets. <ref name=SOED/>
  3. Arranged in an alphabetical manner. <ref name=SOED/>
  4. Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.


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