abecedarian
- adjective
- /ˌeɪbiːsɪˈdɛəriən/
Examples
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But he's wrong; it is inexpiably abecedarian and hackneyed.
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The teacher arranged the students' names in abecedarian order for the class roster.
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The child learned the alphabet with the help of an abecedarian book that listed words from A to Z.
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In the library, the books were organized in abecedarian order to help beginners find them easily.
Synonyms
Arranged in the order of letters in the alphabet
Put in order from A to Z
Arranged in the order of letters, like A then B then C
Surface Forms
Morphology
abecedarian = abecedary (semi-transparent) = abeced + arian
The relation to an 'abecedary' (alphabet-related) is present but the combining form 'abeced-' and the full form are uncommon, so the morphological structure is only partially obvious to many learners.
Etymology
Abecedarian comes from an old Latin name made from the letters A B C D, like the simple ABC you learn first. So it means 'alphabetical' or arranged in the order of the letters.