Abecedarian: [ā-bē-(ˌ)sē-ˈder-ē-ən]
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: Late Latin, 17th century
1. Pertaining to the
alphabet
2. Arranged in
alphabetical order
3. Basic,
rudimentary
Examples used in a sentence:
1. Anyone with abecedarian interests
should try out for the spelling bee.
2. Please use an abecedarian
system when you file these documents.
About Abecedarian
A piece of abecedarian trivia: The alphabet as we know it
began its journey over 4,000 years ago, in ancient Egypt. The Egyptians
developed a set of 22 hieroglyphs to represent consonant sounds in their
language.
Did you Know?
Abecedarian might sound like a fun word made up in recent
years to refer to the alphabet, but it actually comes directly from the Latin
word abecedarius, which was designed to feature the first four letters of the
alphabet: A, B, C, and D.
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