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    [Noun]  | "abe*ce*dar*i*an" | \ ˌā-bē-(ˌ)sē-ˈder-ē-ən \


    1: one learning the rudiments of something (such as the alphabet)


    Origin: 1603 ;

     Abecedary "alphabet book, primer" (going back to Middle English abscedary, borrowed from Medieval Latin abecedārium "alphabet, primer," derived from neuter of Late Latin abecedārius "alphabetical," from the names of the letters + + + + Latin -ārius {see: |-ary:2|-ary:2}) + {see: |-an:1|-an:1};

    [Noun]  | "abecedarians" 


    1: a person who is just starting out in a field of activity;


      * e.g., " ... abecedarians soon learn that martial arts have a spiritual as well as physical side "





    [Noun]  | "abecedarian" 


    1: a person who is just starting out in a field of activity;


      * e.g., " ... abecedarians soon learn that martial arts have a spiritual as well as physical side "





     [ "abecedarian" ]

    1: someone who attempts to learn something in alphabetical order or in a specific order.

      * e.g.,  ... ted is being an abecedarian by trying to learn all the words in the dictionary from a-z. 

     [ "abecedarianism" ]

    1: The use of extra letters and/or syllables to a word, in an attempt to sound more intelligent while speaking. Often, the person who hears it, thinks quite the opposite.

      * e.g.,  ... When the speaker said, "Me and my friends were 'conversating' about the election", I thought to myself that he was guilty of abecedarianism, since he should have said 'conversing' instead. 

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