Meaning

2 senses
  1. (rare)The alphabet, written out in a teaching book, or carved on a wall; a primer; abecedarium.

  2. One that teaches or learns the alphabet or the fundamentals of any subject; abecedarian.

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English abscedary, from Medieval Latin abecedārium (“alphabet, ABC primer”), f

From Middle English abscedary, from Medieval Latin abecedārium (“alphabet, ABC primer”), from Late Latin abecedārius (“of the alphabet”), formed from the first four letters of the Latin alphabet + -ārius. Doublet of abecedarium.

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Forms

plural: abecedaries
Singularabecedary
Pluralabecedaries

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
abecedary — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto