Having an extensive vocabulary is important to writers. In each issue of Writers in the Sky, I will introduce and define a word that we use don’t often use. This word this month is:
Abecedarian (ay-bee-see-DAYR-ee-uhn)
Definition:
One who is learning the alphabet; one who teaches the alphabet. Also used to refer to someone who is a beginner in some field; rudimentary and as relating to the alphabet such as being alphabetically arranged.
Example sentence:
My kindergarten-aged grandchild is an abecedarian.
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