| Figure Name | abecedarian |
| Source | Bullinger 180; Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm) |
| Earliest Source | Bullinger |
| Synonyms | |
| Etymology | f. med.L. abecedari-us (see ABECEDARY) + -AN. Oxford English Dictionary http://dictionary.oed.com |
| Type | Scheme |
| Linguistic Domain |
Orthographic Lexicographic |
| Definition |
An acrostic whose letters do not spell a word but follow the order (more or less) of the alphabet. |
| Example |
Adorable, beautiful, charming, delightful, exciting, fantastic—you run the gamut from A to Z. My parents named their children Allan, Bryan, and Caitlyn. |
| Kind Of | Series |
| Part Of | |
| Related Figures | acrostic |
| Notes | abecedarian is a TypeOf acrostic |
| Confidence | Very Confident |
| Last Editor | Randy Harris |
| Confidence | Very Confident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | Yes |
| Reviewer | Randy Harris |