abecedary
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English, abecedary, from Medieval Latin abecedarium (“alphabet, primer”), from Late Latin abecedarius (“of the alphabet”), formed from the first four letters of the Latin alphabet + -arius.
The sense "primer, abecearium" is from Medieval Latin abecedarium (“alphabet, primer”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌeɪ.biː.ˈsiː.də.i/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌeɪ.bi.ˈsi.dɚ.i/, /ˌeɪ.bi.ˈsi.də.ɹi/
Noun[edit]
abecedary (plural abecedaries)
- (rare) The alphabet, written out in a teaching book, or carved on a wall; a primer; abecedarium. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.][1]
- One that teaches or learns the alphabet or the fundamentals of any subject; abecedarian. [Late 16th century.][1]
Translations[edit]
the alphabet
Adjective[edit]
abecedary (not comparable)
- Referring to the alphabet; alphabetical; related to or resembling an abecedarius; abecedarian. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.][1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “abecedary” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-860457-0, page 3.
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