Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Word of the Day

Abecedarian

Function: adjective
1 a : of or relating to the alphabet b : alphabetically arranged
2 : RUDIMENTARY

Pronunciation: "A-bE-(")sE-'der-E-&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English abecedary, from Medieval Latin abecedarium alphabet, from Late Latin, neuter of abecedarius of the alphabet, from the letters a + b + c + d
: one learning the rudiments of something (as the alphabet)

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