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"description": "The word for today is…\n\nabecedarian (noun, adjective) -\n\nnoun\n: one learning the rudiments of something (such as the alphabet)\n\nadjective\n1a: of or relating to the alphabet\nb: alphabetically arranged\n2: rudimentary\n\nSource : Merriam-Webster\n\nEtymology : The history of abecedarian is as simple as ABC—literally. The term's Late Latin ancestor, abecedārius (which meant \"alphabetical\"), was created as a combination of the letters A, B, C, and D, plus the adjective suffix -arius; you can hear the ech",
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"textContent": "The word for today is…\n\nabecedarian (noun, adjective) -\n\n_noun_\n: one learning the rudiments of something (such as the alphabet)\n\n_adjective_\n1a: of or relating to the alphabet\nb: alphabetically arranged\n2: rudimentary\n\nSource : Merriam-Webster\n\nEtymology : The history of abecedarian is as simple as ABC—literally. The term's Late Latin ancestor, abecedārius (which meant \"alphabetical\"), was created as a combination of the letters A, B, C, and D, plus the adjective suffix -arius; you can hear the echo of that origin in the pronunciation of the English term (think \"ABC-darian\"). In its oldest documented English uses in the early 1600s, abecedarian was a noun meaning \"one learning the rudiments of something\"; it specifically referred to someone who was learning the alphabet. The adjective began appearing in English texts a few decades after the noun.\n\n**_If you enjoyed this Good Oil word of the day please consider sharing it with your friends and, especially, your children._**",
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