单词 | alphabetarian |
释义 | alphabetariann. 1. A person who is learning the alphabet or who is engaged in elementary education; one who is inexperienced in a particular subject; a novice, a beginner. Cf. abecedarian n. 1a. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner younglingOE new-comeOE novice1340 ginner?c1400 beginner1470 apprentice1489 prentice1489 infant1526 freshmana1557 intrant1560 enterer1565 puny?1570 weakling1575 new comeling1587 novist1587 incipient1589 puisne1592 abecedary1596 neophyte1600 abecedarian1603 bachelor1604 novelist?1608 alphabetary1611 breeching boy1611 tiro1611 alphabetarian1614 principiant1619 unexperienced1622 velvet head1631 undergraduatea1659 young stager1664 greenhorn1672 battledore boy1693 youngster1706 tironist1716 novitiatea1734 recruit1749 griffin1793 initiate1811 Johnny Newcome1815 Johnny Raw1823 griff1829 plebe1833 Johnny-come-lately1839 new chum1851 blanc-bec1853 fledgling1856 rookie1868 elementarian1876 tenderfoot1881 shorthorn1888 new kid1894 cheechako1897 ring-neck1898 Johnny1901 rook1902 fresh meat1908 malihini1914 initiand1915 stooge1930 intakea1943 cub1966 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor Pref. They cesse to be Doctors, nay, are scarce Alphabetarians. 1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iv. v. 1407 They understood as children, they were but Alphabetarians in Knowledge. 1778 R. Robinson in tr. J. Claude Ess. Composition Serm. I. v. 198/1 (note) He whips theology with grammar's rods until every alphabetarian knows oppidum from oppidatum. 1790 E. Ledwich Antiq. Ireland 85 The corrupt state of antient tongues has..been a fine field for literary trifling, and a rich soil for sciolists and alphabetarians to flourish in. 1858 Rep. Superintendent Common Schools Pennsylvania 1857 214 A wholesome emulation pervades the whole district—from the advanced pupils of the high school, down to the alphabetarians of the primary department. 1894 M. St. John Bramhall Wee Ones of Japan 100 As each of the difficult Chinese characters is sounded, the alphabetarian prods it in the reading-book with a rounded stick. 1987 Mass. Rev. Winter 667 A vapid chestnut torte with a thin chocolate glaze and skimpy whipped-cream topping, (probably made by one of Aunt Elsie's less gifted alphabetarians). 2007 J. Rosenblatt Lunatic Muse 88 There were poetical choices in that transition from being a mere alphabetarian to a full-budded bard. 2. A person who studies alphabets. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > study or science of written symbols > [noun] > one who studies alphabets alphabetist1820 alphabetarian1864 1864 A. J. Ellis in Reader No. 88. 303/3 [Which] all subsequent alphabetarians should study. 1912 New North (Rhinelander, Wisconsin) 21 Nov. Just as the philologist had discovered one entire system of languages, so the alphabetarian had discovered in the diversity of alphabets an original prototype of all. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1614 |
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