ABECEDARIAN Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster 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
Abecedarian - Wikipedia Abecedarians were a 16th-century German sect of Anabaptists who rejected all human learning Questions have been raised as to the historical accuracy of the name and sect, though the term was applied broadly to the Zwickau Prophets [1]
Abecedarian - Academy of American Poets The abecedarian is an ancient poetic form guided by alphabetical order Generally each line or stanza begins with the first letter of the alphabet and is followed by the successive letter, until the final letter is reached
Abecedarian | The Poetry Foundation See Jessica Greenbaum, “A Poem for S ” Tom Disch’s “Abecedary” adapts the principles of an abecedarian poem, while Matthea Harvey’s “The Future of Terror The Terror of Future” sequence also uses the alphabet as an organizing principle