alphabetedadj.
/ˈalfəbɛtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈælfəˌbɛdəd/ Now rare (U.S. in later use).
Arranged in alphabetical order. Also figurative.
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1609 H. Broughton Def. Concent of Script. sig. B4v Wicked Ioakim was buried like an Asse for burning the infinite pleasant witty sixfold Alphabeted Lamentations of Ieremie.
1771 G. Washington Invoice 18 July in Papers (1993) Colonial Ser. VIII. 509 A Ruled Ledgr of good Papr 9 Inchs by 15 with Strg Clasps—Alphabeted & to contn 400 Pags.
1848 M. W. Savage Bachelor of Albany xvii. 192 A pigeon-holed, alphabeted mind.
1883 Amer. Bookseller 1 Jan. 7/2 One need not store away facts, dates,..etc., when he can have an alphabeted or an indexed volume at his hand to supply such information when needed.
1910 Publishers' Weekly 10 Dec. 2338/2 That list isn't merely an alphabeted one of names and addresses.
1950 J. Lawler H. W. Wilson Company ii. vii. 109 Both the alphabeted slips of copy and the revised proofs are then turned over to the index editors for another editorial reading.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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