abecedary

Meanings

1. The alphabet, written out in a teaching book, or carved on a wall; a primer; abecedarium.
2. One that teaches or learns the alphabet or the fundamentals of any subject; abecedarian.

1. Referring to the alphabet; alphabetical; related to or resembling an abecedarius; abecedarian.

Etymology

From Middle English abscedary, from Medieval Latin abecedārium (“alphabet, ABC primer”), from Late Latin abecedārius (“of the alphabet”), formed from the first four letters of the Latin alphabet + -ārius. Doublet of abecedarium.