abecedarian

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abecedarian (ay-bee-see-dair-ee-uhn) - adj., relating to the alphabet; alphabetically arranged; learning or as if learning the alphabet, elementary, rudimentary.


Also, someone who is learning the alphabet or otherwise a newbie. This was coined in Medieval Latin as abecedārium, alphabet (from abecedārius, alphabetical, from the names of the letters A B C D) and first used in English around 1600. Related terms: abecedarium, which is an inscription of the letters of an alphabet in order, and abecedarius, an acrostic with first letters in alphabetic order. Here's one of the last in futhorc:


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---L.