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abecedarian

/ˌeɪbiːsiːˈdɛːrɪən/
adjective
1 Arranged alphabetically.
2 Rudimentary; elementary.

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.

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