abecedarian (n.)

  1. a novice learning the rudiments of some subject

  2. a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge

    [ Syn: abecedarian ]

    abecedarian (adj.)

  1. alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers)

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