abecedaryn.¹

Brit.

/ˌeɪbiːˈsiːdəri/, U.S.

/ˌeɪbiˈsidəri/

Forms:

α. late Middle English abscedary, 1500s absedary, 1600s abcedarie, 1600s abcedary.

β. 1500s–1600s abecedarie, 1700s– abecedary.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abecedarium.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin abecedarium alphabet or primer (from 8th cent. in British sources; also as ABCdarium ), use as noun of abecedarius abecedary adj. Compare Anglo-Norman absidarie alphabet (15th cent.). Compare earlier ABC n.¹ and also abecedary n.² and foreign-language parallels cited at that entry.

1. = ABC n.¹ 4. Now chiefly historical.In quot. 1574: the rudiments of a subject; cf. ABC n.¹ 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > textbook or book of instructions > [noun] > introductory

introductoryc1400

abecedary?a1475

institution1537

introduction1540

horn-book1609

ABC book1611

guide1617

initial1716

primer1722

prolegomenon1786

grammar1792

entrée1926

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 333 (MED) Lanfrancus..perceyvynge anoon that he was but of simple intellect, toke to hym an abscedary [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. a þing wiþ letter for to spel; L. abecedarium].

1574 W. Whittingham tr. J. Calvin in Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford p. xxxv It was lawfull to begin off suche rudimentes or absedaries, but so, that it behoued the lerned, graue, and godly ministers off Christe to enterprise farther.

1615 N. Byfield Expos. Epist. Coloss. ii. 33 Those lawes were called Rudiments or Elements..by a Gramaticall Relation to the Abcedaries.

1654 R. Lloyd Schoole-masters Auxiliaries 13 These either Mutes, or Liquids, severally or joyntly are in particular instanced in the Abcedary, or Primar.

1830 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 231/1 We still retain notable exemplars..even in the Abecedary itself, for ‘A was an Archer and shot at a frog.’

1877 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 364/2 The slave Petrouska..read every book he could get hold of, little caring whether it was a novel, an abecedary, or a manual of prayers.

1900 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 23 Oct. 5/2 We fell in with a man..who had already got by heart the whole bead-roll and repeated it as readily as his abecedary.

1989 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 July 772/4 Rats are also seen in a friendly light: they figure in Bengali abecedaries.

2009 J. J. Smith in M. Corrie Conc. Compan. Middle Eng. Lit. vii. 158 The teaching of reading and writing by the ‘phonic’ method..seems to have been usual in medieval times, as witnessed by the ‘abecedaries’ or primers.

2. The alphabet, esp. as written down in order. Now only with reference to (inscriptions of) ancient writing systems. Cf. ABC n.¹ 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > system of writing > alphabet > [noun]

staff-rewOE

abecedariumOE

ABCc1325

alphabet?a1475

character1569

abecedary1596

one's P's and Q's1763

characteristic1769

staverow1866

1596 E. Coote Eng. Schoole-maister 74/1 Abecedarie, the order of the letters.

1623 J. Minsheu Dict. Spanish & Eng. (at cited word) An Abecedarie or alphabet, vide Abece. Abece, the crosse rowe or alphabet of all the letters.

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een A B C, an Abecedarie, or an Alphahet. Een A B C Meester, a Schoole-master that teacheth the Abecedarie.

1722 Comical Pilgrim 95 Their Alphabet contains but these 17 Letters..; but this literal Paucity (like the Saxon Abecedary) is supply'd with some Abbreviations or Contractions.

1942 Man 42 112/1 There are..a few significant variations in the order of letters in the ‘abecedaries’.

2008 D. Pardee in R. D. Woodard Anc. Lang. Syria-Palestine & Arabia ii. 7 The Ugaritic abecedary consists of twenty-seven symbols denoting the consonants of the language, plus an additional three characters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

abecedaryadj.n.²

Brit.

/ˌeɪbiːˈsiːdəri/, U.S.

/ˌeɪbiˈsidəri/

Forms:

α. 1500s abscedarie, 1500s–1600s 1800s abcedary, 1600s ABCdary, 1600s abcdarye, 1600s abcedarie.

β. 1500s–1600s abecedarie, 1600s– abecedary.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abecedarius.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin abecedarius of or according to the alphabet (5th cent. in Augustine), (as noun) learner of the alphabet (11th cent.) < the names of the letters A B C D + classical Latin -ārius -ary suffix¹. Compare abecedary n.¹, abecedarian n.Compare Middle French abecedaire, French abécédaire (adjective) of the alphabet (1529 in lettre abecedaire, ordre abecedaire), who is learning the alphabet, (of ignorance) fundamental, complete (both 2nd half of the 16th cent.), (of a poem) in which the first letters of each verse or line follow alphabetical order (1721), (noun) alphabet book (1660), teacher of reading to children (1743), ignorant person (1801). With use as noun compare also Italian †abecedario alphabet (1268), teacher or learner of reading (1611 in Florio), book for teaching beginners to read (1567; now abbecedario).

A. adj.

1. = alphabetical adj. 1. Also, of a poem, etc.: that has each verse or line beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, in alphabetical order. Cf. abecedarian adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adjective] > in alphabetical order

alphabetical1543

abecedary1580

alphabetic1642

abecedarian1646

1580 A. Fleming in Baret's Aluearie (rev. ed.) sig. Nnnn.2 Such Prouerbes as we haue collected, and reduced into an Abecedarie Index or Table.

1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 65 Were it not a needles, or booteles labor, to make a special Analysis..of their Abcedary and Alphabeticall Spels.

1605 J. Dove Confut. Atheisme vii. 50 These letters were but Hyeroglyphicall, like to the letters of the Egiptians, not Abcdarye letters, but shapes and Images of beastes.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iii. 76 Two Abecedary circles, or rings with letters described round about them.

1742 T. Broughton Hist. Dict. All Relig. II. 2 The four first Chapters of the Lamentations are in Acrostic Verse, and Abecedary; every verse or couplet beginning with one of the letters of the Hebrew Alphabet, in their alphabetical Order.

1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 431 The French are very fond of abcedary instruction.

1879 G. L. Sci. of Taste iv. 125 The disuse of Old English,..the introduction of Script,..and the substitution of ‘Arabic’ numerals..for Roman numerals,..inaugurated an evil day for British abecedary ornamentation.

1916 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 20 80 It first appears as a part of the Alexander tradition in a ninth century abecedary poem in Latin.

2004 Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 20 May 18 Jackson explains that he first alighted upon the ‘abecedary form’ to do brief justice in a newspaper feature to Goethe.

2. Engaged in or requiring elementary instruction; illiterate; ignorant; (of knowledge, a work, etc.) elementary; simplistic. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > want of learning, illiteracy > [adjective]

unletteredc1390

unliterate1548

illiterate1556

abecedary1589

letterless1605

illiterated1610

illitered1612

clerkless1653

analphabet1654

analphabetical1676

unalphabeted1799

non-reading1848

analphabetic1876

unalphabetic1883

1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Biiii^v Thanking God with that abscedarie Priest in Lincolneshire, that he neuer knewe what that Romish popish Latine meant.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. liv. 170 There is a kinde of Abecedarie ignorance preceding science: an other doctorall following science.

1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction vii. i. 305 Little looking glasses for Abcedarie nouices, whose abilitie perhaps in wit or purse will not serue to get them mirroirs of a firmer substance.

1654 T. Blount Acad. Eloquence 210 I, am not..such an Abcedary Philosopher, as to deny the Organs must be fitted, where the operation is to be excellent.

1830 Amer. Q. Rev. Sept. 81 ‘Original’, and ‘elegant’, with other kindred epithets, are lavished in profusion upon literary exploits, which, in ordinary eyes, appear rather abecedary.

1903 National Mag. Oct. 39 ‘My poor old man!’ answered his wife. ‘Have you borne me company for thirty years and remained so abecedary in your estimate of the sex?’

†B. n.²

An elementary student; a novice; also figurative. Also: an elementary teacher. Cf. abecedarian n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner

younglingOE

new-comeOE

novice1340

ginner?c1400

beginner1470

apprentice1489

prentice1489

infant1526

freshmana1557

intrant1560

enterer1565

puny?1570

weakling1575

new comeling1587

novist1587

incipient1589

puisne1592

abecedary1596

neophyte1600

abecedarian1603

bachelor1604

novelist?1608

alphabetary1611

breeching boy1611

tiro1611

alphabetarian1614

principiant1619

unexperienced1622

velvet head1631

undergraduatea1659

young stager1664

greenhorn1672

battledore boy1693

youngster1706

tironist1716

novitiatea1734

recruit1749

griffin1793

initiate1811

Johnny Newcome1815

Johnny Raw1823

griff1829

plebe1833

Johnny-come-lately1839

new chum1851

blanc-bec1853

fledgling1856

rookie1868

elementarian1876

tenderfoot1881

shorthorn1888

new kid1894

cheechako1897

ring-neck1898

Johnny1901

rook1902

fresh meat1908

malihini1914

initiand1915

stooge1930

intakea1943

cub1966

society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > elementary teacher

schooldame1577

abecedary1596

dame1641

kindergarten teacher1863

kindergartener1868

infant mistress1921

1596 E. Coote Eng. Schoole-maister 74/1 Abecedarie, the order of the letters, or he that useth them.

1623 J. Minsheu Dict. Spanish & Eng. (at cited word) An Abecedarie, or teacher of petties, vide Abecedario.

1646 N. Barnet Regenerate Mans Growth in Grace 12 No Abcedarie can be admitted to the Vniversitie of glory; but first he must bee admitted into the free-schoole of Election, and there well grounded in the Grammar of grace.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abecedary
释义	abecedaryn.¹ Brit. /ˌeɪbiːˈsiːdəri/, U.S. /ˌeɪbiˈsidəri/ Forms: α. late Middle English abscedary, 1500s absedary, 1600s abcedarie, 1600s abcedary. β. 1500s–1600s abecedarie, 1700s– abecedary. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abecedarium. Etymology: < post-classical Latin abecedarium alphabet or primer (from 8th cent. in British sources; also as ABCdarium ), use as noun of abecedarius abecedary adj. Compare Anglo-Norman absidarie alphabet (15th cent.). Compare earlier ABC n.¹ and also abecedary n.² and foreign-language parallels cited at that entry. 1. = ABC n.¹ 4. Now chiefly historical.In quot. 1574: the rudiments of a subject; cf. ABC n.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > textbook or book of instructions > [noun] > introductory introductoryc1400 abecedary?a1475 institution1537 introduction1540 horn-book1609 ABC book1611 guide1617 initial1716 primer1722 prolegomenon1786 grammar1792 entrée1926 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 333 (MED) Lanfrancus..perceyvynge anoon that he was but of simple intellect, toke to hym an abscedary [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. a þing wiþ letter for to spel; L. abecedarium]. 1574 W. Whittingham tr. J. Calvin in Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford p. xxxv It was lawfull to begin off suche rudimentes or absedaries, but so, that it behoued the lerned, graue, and godly ministers off Christe to enterprise farther. 1615 N. Byfield Expos. Epist. Coloss. ii. 33 Those lawes were called Rudiments or Elements..by a Gramaticall Relation to the Abcedaries. 1654 R. Lloyd Schoole-masters Auxiliaries 13 These either Mutes, or Liquids, severally or joyntly are in particular instanced in the Abcedary, or Primar. 1830 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 231/1 We still retain notable exemplars..even in the Abecedary itself, for ‘A was an Archer and shot at a frog.’ 1877 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 364/2 The slave Petrouska..read every book he could get hold of, little caring whether it was a novel, an abecedary, or a manual of prayers. 1900 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 23 Oct. 5/2 We fell in with a man..who had already got by heart the whole bead-roll and repeated it as readily as his abecedary. 1989 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 July 772/4 Rats are also seen in a friendly light: they figure in Bengali abecedaries. 2009 J. J. Smith in M. Corrie Conc. Compan. Middle Eng. Lit. vii. 158 The teaching of reading and writing by the ‘phonic’ method..seems to have been usual in medieval times, as witnessed by the ‘abecedaries’ or primers. 2. The alphabet, esp. as written down in order. Now only with reference to (inscriptions of) ancient writing systems. Cf. ABC n.¹ 1a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > alphabet > [noun] staff-rewOE abecedariumOE ABCc1325 alphabet?a1475 character1569 abecedary1596 one's P's and Q's1763 characteristic1769 staverow1866 1596 E. Coote Eng. Schoole-maister 74/1 Abecedarie, the order of the letters. 1623 J. Minsheu Dict. Spanish & Eng. (at cited word) An Abecedarie or alphabet, vide Abece. Abece, the crosse rowe or alphabet of all the letters. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een A B C, an Abecedarie, or an Alphahet. Een A B C Meester, a Schoole-master that teacheth the Abecedarie. 1722 Comical Pilgrim 95 Their Alphabet contains but these 17 Letters..; but this literal Paucity (like the Saxon Abecedary) is supply'd with some Abbreviations or Contractions. 1942 Man 42 112/1 There are..a few significant variations in the order of letters in the ‘abecedaries’. 2008 D. Pardee in R. D. Woodard Anc. Lang. Syria-Palestine & Arabia ii. 7 The Ugaritic abecedary consists of twenty-seven symbols denoting the consonants of the language, plus an additional three characters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). abecedaryadj.n.² Brit. /ˌeɪbiːˈsiːdəri/, U.S. /ˌeɪbiˈsidəri/ Forms: α. 1500s abscedarie, 1500s–1600s 1800s abcedary, 1600s ABCdary, 1600s abcdarye, 1600s abcedarie. β. 1500s–1600s abecedarie, 1600s– abecedary. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abecedarius. Etymology: < post-classical Latin abecedarius of or according to the alphabet (5th cent. in Augustine), (as noun) learner of the alphabet (11th cent.) < the names of the letters A B C D + classical Latin -ārius -ary suffix¹. Compare abecedary n.¹, abecedarian n.Compare Middle French abecedaire, French abécédaire (adjective) of the alphabet (1529 in lettre abecedaire, ordre abecedaire), who is learning the alphabet, (of ignorance) fundamental, complete (both 2nd half of the 16th cent.), (of a poem) in which the first letters of each verse or line follow alphabetical order (1721), (noun) alphabet book (1660), teacher of reading to children (1743), ignorant person (1801). With use as noun compare also Italian †abecedario alphabet (1268), teacher or learner of reading (1611 in Florio), book for teaching beginners to read (1567; now abbecedario). A. adj. 1. = alphabetical adj. 1. Also, of a poem, etc.: that has each verse or line beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, in alphabetical order. Cf. abecedarian adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adjective] > in alphabetical order alphabetical1543 abecedary1580 alphabetic1642 abecedarian1646 1580 A. Fleming in Baret's Aluearie (rev. ed.) sig. Nnnn.2 Such Prouerbes as we haue collected, and reduced into an Abecedarie Index or Table. 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 65 Were it not a needles, or booteles labor, to make a special Analysis..of their Abcedary and Alphabeticall Spels. 1605 J. Dove Confut. Atheisme vii. 50 These letters were but Hyeroglyphicall, like to the letters of the Egiptians, not Abcdarye letters, but shapes and Images of beastes. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iii. 76 Two Abecedary circles, or rings with letters described round about them. 1742 T. Broughton Hist. Dict. All Relig. II. 2 The four first Chapters of the Lamentations are in Acrostic Verse, and Abecedary; every verse or couplet beginning with one of the letters of the Hebrew Alphabet, in their alphabetical Order. 1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 431 The French are very fond of abcedary instruction. 1879 G. L. Sci. of Taste iv. 125 The disuse of Old English,..the introduction of Script,..and the substitution of ‘Arabic’ numerals..for Roman numerals,..inaugurated an evil day for British abecedary ornamentation. 1916 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 20 80 It first appears as a part of the Alexander tradition in a ninth century abecedary poem in Latin. 2004 Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 20 May 18 Jackson explains that he first alighted upon the ‘abecedary form’ to do brief justice in a newspaper feature to Goethe. 2. Engaged in or requiring elementary instruction; illiterate; ignorant; (of knowledge, a work, etc.) elementary; simplistic. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > want of learning, illiteracy > [adjective] unletteredc1390 unliterate1548 illiterate1556 abecedary1589 letterless1605 illiterated1610 illitered1612 clerkless1653 analphabet1654 analphabetical1676 unalphabeted1799 non-reading1848 analphabetic1876 unalphabetic1883 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Biiii^v Thanking God with that abscedarie Priest in Lincolneshire, that he neuer knewe what that Romish popish Latine meant. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. liv. 170 There is a kinde of Abecedarie ignorance preceding science: an other doctorall following science. 1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction vii. i. 305 Little looking glasses for Abcedarie nouices, whose abilitie perhaps in wit or purse will not serue to get them mirroirs of a firmer substance. 1654 T. Blount Acad. Eloquence 210 I, am not..such an Abcedary Philosopher, as to deny the Organs must be fitted, where the operation is to be excellent. 1830 Amer. Q. Rev. Sept. 81 ‘Original’, and ‘elegant’, with other kindred epithets, are lavished in profusion upon literary exploits, which, in ordinary eyes, appear rather abecedary. 1903 National Mag. Oct. 39 ‘My poor old man!’ answered his wife. ‘Have you borne me company for thirty years and remained so abecedary in your estimate of the sex?’ †B. n.² An elementary student; a novice; also figurative. Also: an elementary teacher. Cf. abecedarian n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner younglingOE new-comeOE novice1340 ginner?c1400 beginner1470 apprentice1489 prentice1489 infant1526 freshmana1557 intrant1560 enterer1565 puny?1570 weakling1575 new comeling1587 novist1587 incipient1589 puisne1592 abecedary1596 neophyte1600 abecedarian1603 bachelor1604 novelist?1608 alphabetary1611 breeching boy1611 tiro1611 alphabetarian1614 principiant1619 unexperienced1622 velvet head1631 undergraduatea1659 young stager1664 greenhorn1672 battledore boy1693 youngster1706 tironist1716 novitiatea1734 recruit1749 griffin1793 initiate1811 Johnny Newcome1815 Johnny Raw1823 griff1829 plebe1833 Johnny-come-lately1839 new chum1851 blanc-bec1853 fledgling1856 rookie1868 elementarian1876 tenderfoot1881 shorthorn1888 new kid1894 cheechako1897 ring-neck1898 Johnny1901 rook1902 fresh meat1908 malihini1914 initiand1915 stooge1930 intakea1943 cub1966 society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > elementary teacher schooldame1577 abecedary1596 dame1641 kindergarten teacher1863 kindergartener1868 infant mistress1921 1596 E. Coote Eng. Schoole-maister 74/1 Abecedarie, the order of the letters, or he that useth them. 1623 J. Minsheu Dict. Spanish & Eng. (at cited word) An Abecedarie, or teacher of petties, vide Abecedario. 1646 N. Barnet Regenerate Mans Growth in Grace 12 No Abcedarie can be admitted to the Vniversitie of glory; but first he must bee admitted into the free-schoole of Election, and there well grounded in the Grammar of grace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹?a1475adj.n.²1580
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abecedaryn.1

abecedaryadj.n.2

abecedaryn.¹

abecedaryadj.n.²