Definition of abecedarian in English:
abecedarian
adjective ˌeɪbiːsiːˈdɛːrɪənˌeɪbisiˈdɛriən
1Arranged alphabetically.
Example sentencesExamples
- The abecedarian constraint was my idea, and we got 12 comics.
- ‘They're arranged in abecedarian order,’ he told me and I found it.
- He still felt abecedarian structures would be appropriate, resulting in an album that's once again awash in simplicity.
- But the poem is mostly static, because the sequencing of lines, despite the abecedarian scheme, feels inadvertently arbitrary.
2Rudimentary; elementary.
Example sentencesExamples
- He will pause in the development of his present narrative to elucidate this abecedarian technology.
Origin
Early 17th century (as noun, in the sense ‘a person who is learning the alphabet or is engaged in elementary education’): from late Latin abecedarius ‘alphabetical’ (from the names of the letters a, b, c, d) + -an.
Definition of abecedarian in US English:
abecedarian
adjectiveˌābēsēˈderēənˌeɪbisiˈdɛriən
1Arranged alphabetically.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘They're arranged in abecedarian order,’ he told me and I found it.
- The abecedarian constraint was my idea, and we got 12 comics.
- But the poem is mostly static, because the sequencing of lines, despite the abecedarian scheme, feels inadvertently arbitrary.
- He still felt abecedarian structures would be appropriate, resulting in an album that's once again awash in simplicity.
2Rudimentary; elementary.
Example sentencesExamples
- He will pause in the development of his present narrative to elucidate this abecedarian technology.
nounˌābēsēˈderēənˌeɪbisiˈdɛriən
A person who is just learning; a novice.
Example sentencesExamples
- We should be cautious with investigative reports by abecedarians.
Origin
Early 17th century (as noun, in the sense ‘a person who is learning the alphabet or is engaged in elementary education’): from late Latin abecedarius ‘alphabetical’ (from the names of the letters a, b, c, d) + -an.