acronymn.

Brit.

/ˈakrənɪm/, U.S.

/ˈækrəˌnɪm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: acro- comb. form, -onym comb. form.

Etymology: < acro- comb. form + -onym comb. form, after German Akronym (1921 or earlier).

Originally U.S.

1. A group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter or part being pronounced separately; an initialism (such as ATM, TLS).In the O.E.D. the term initialism is used for this phenomenon. (See sense 2 for O.E.D. use of the word.)

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initialism1899

acronym1940

initialese1955

1940 W. Muir & E. Muir tr. L. Feuchtwanger Paris Gaz. iii. xlvii. 518 Pee-gee-enn. It's an acronym [Ger. Akronym], that's what it is. That's what they call words made up of initials.

1947 T. M. Pearce in Word Study May 8/2 The acronym DDT..trips pleasantly on the tongue and is already a household byword.

1959 Rotarian May 43/1 DDD, an acronym that sounds more like a cattle brand.

1975 Jet 24 July 9/1 The puns on the acronym, ‘CIA’, were spawned by recent disclosures about the intelligence agency.

1985 C. Jencks Mod. Movements in Archit. (ed. 2) i. 75 Called by the acronym SCSD (Schools Construction System Development).

2008 Atlantic Monthly June 104/2 The acronym TSS—Tout Sauf Sarkozy (‘Anything But Sarkozy’).

2. A word formed from the initial letters of other words or (occasionally) from the initial parts of syllables taken from other words, the whole being pronounced as a single word (such as NATO, RADA).

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protogram1924

initial-word1939

acronym1943

initialism1965

1943 Amer. Notes & Queries Feb. 167/1 Words made up of the initial letters or syllables of other words..I have seen..called by the name acronym.

1947 Word Study 6 (title) Acronym Talk, or ‘Tomorrow's English’.

1950 S. Potter Our Lang. 163 Acronyms or telescoped names like nabisco from National Biscuit Company.

1959 Times 1 Sept. 22/3 New words which are constructed out of initial letters are called, I understand, acronyms.

1961 Electronics 21 Apr. 51/2 Colidar, an acronym from coherent light detecting and ranging.

1976 P. R. Hutt in IBA Techn. Rev. ix. 4/2 The author hit on the idea of the name ‘oracle’..and it was not long before it was made into an acronym for ‘Optional Reception of Announcements by Coded Line Electronics’.

2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 Apr. a2/2 Turning tea into an acronym for Taxed Enough Already, demonstrators were expected to attend more than 750 rallies to protest government spending.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

acronymv.

Brit.

/ˈakrənɪm/, U.S.

/ˈækrəˌnɪm/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: acronym n.

Etymology: < acronym n. Compare earlier acronyming n., acronymize v.

transitive. To convert into an acronym; (also) to call by an acronym. Chiefly in passive.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > form words [verb (transitive)] > contract or abbreviate > convert into an acronym

acronymize1955

acronym1967

1967 Sci. News 19 Aug. 177/1 The TacSatCom, as it is acronymed, is a small-scale system which should be in the field soon.

1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 3 June 30 Nitrogen oxide, acronymed NOx, is another of the plant's noxious by-products.

1983 Verbatim Spring 2/2 Paulies play puck (ice hockey) or hoop (basketball, also acronymed to b-ball).

1993 San Francisco Chron. 10 Jan. (This World) 15/1 The On Language Board of Octogenarian Mentors, acronym'd Olbom.

2005 J. E. Gaskin Talk is Cheap vi. 136 The FWD (as they acronymed themselves) home page.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acronym
释义	acronymn. Brit. /ˈakrənɪm/, U.S. /ˈækrəˌnɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: acro- comb. form, -onym comb. form. Etymology: < acro- comb. form + -onym comb. form, after German Akronym (1921 or earlier). Originally U.S. 1. A group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter or part being pronounced separately; an initialism (such as ATM, TLS).In the O.E.D. the term initialism is used for this phenomenon. (See sense 2 for O.E.D. use of the word.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > abbreviation or contraction > abbreviating using initial letters initialism1899 acronym1940 initialese1955 1940 W. Muir & E. Muir tr. L. Feuchtwanger Paris Gaz. iii. xlvii. 518 Pee-gee-enn. It's an acronym [Ger. Akronym], that's what it is. That's what they call words made up of initials. 1947 T. M. Pearce in Word Study May 8/2 The acronym DDT..trips pleasantly on the tongue and is already a household byword. 1959 Rotarian May 43/1 DDD, an acronym that sounds more like a cattle brand. 1975 Jet 24 July 9/1 The puns on the acronym, ‘CIA’, were spawned by recent disclosures about the intelligence agency. 1985 C. Jencks Mod. Movements in Archit. (ed. 2) i. 75 Called by the acronym SCSD (Schools Construction System Development). 2008 Atlantic Monthly June 104/2 The acronym TSS—Tout Sauf Sarkozy (‘Anything But Sarkozy’). 2. A word formed from the initial letters of other words or (occasionally) from the initial parts of syllables taken from other words, the whole being pronounced as a single word (such as NATO, RADA). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > abbreviation or contraction > abbreviating using initial letters > acronym or initialism protogram1924 initial-word1939 acronym1943 initialism1965 1943 Amer. Notes & Queries Feb. 167/1 Words made up of the initial letters or syllables of other words..I have seen..called by the name acronym. 1947 Word Study 6 (title) Acronym Talk, or ‘Tomorrow's English’. 1950 S. Potter Our Lang. 163 Acronyms or telescoped names like nabisco from National Biscuit Company. 1959 Times 1 Sept. 22/3 New words which are constructed out of initial letters are called, I understand, acronyms. 1961 Electronics 21 Apr. 51/2 Colidar, an acronym from coherent light detecting and ranging. 1976 P. R. Hutt in IBA Techn. Rev. ix. 4/2 The author hit on the idea of the name ‘oracle’..and it was not long before it was made into an acronym for ‘Optional Reception of Announcements by Coded Line Electronics’. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 Apr. a2/2 Turning tea into an acronym for Taxed Enough Already, demonstrators were expected to attend more than 750 rallies to protest government spending. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). acronymv. Brit. /ˈakrənɪm/, U.S. /ˈækrəˌnɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: acronym n. Etymology: < acronym n. Compare earlier acronyming n., acronymize v. transitive. To convert into an acronym; (also) to call by an acronym. Chiefly in passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > form words [verb (transitive)] > contract or abbreviate > convert into an acronym acronymize1955 acronym1967 1967 Sci. News 19 Aug. 177/1 The TacSatCom, as it is acronymed, is a small-scale system which should be in the field soon. 1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 3 June 30 Nitrogen oxide, acronymed NOx, is another of the plant's noxious by-products. 1983 Verbatim Spring 2/2 Paulies play puck (ice hockey) or hoop (basketball, also acronymed to b-ball). 1993 San Francisco Chron. 10 Jan. (This World) 15/1 The On Language Board of Octogenarian Mentors, acronym'd Olbom. 2005 J. E. Gaskin Talk is Cheap vi. 136 The FWD (as they acronymed themselves) home page. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1940v.1967
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