alphabetarian

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US /ˌælfəbɪˈtɛriən/ UK /ˌælfəbɪˈteəriən/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a beginner learning the alphabet; a novice

    As a mere alphabetarian, he still struggled with the script.

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1 noun · a beginner learning the... beginnernovicetyroabecedarianlearner
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Etymology

From alphabet + -arian; from Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek álphabētos, from the names of the first two Greek letters, álpha and bêta.

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