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Conference thebay::joyoflex

Title:The Joy of Lex
Notice:A Notes File even your grammar could love
Moderator:THEBAY::SYSTEM
Created:Fri Feb 28 1986
Last Modified:Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1192
Total number of notes:42769

1009.0. "Abercedarian?" by CRISTA::MAYNARD (Late For The Sky) Tue Oct 13 1992 10:57

    
    What is an Abercedarian ? This in reference to Samuel Johnston,
    who was an essayist, lexicographer and a poet...
    
    				Jimbert
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1009.1DSSDEV::RUSTTue Oct 13 1992 11:145
    Would that be "abecedarian"? If so, read it as "A-B-C-darian," and
    you've got it - someone who alphabetizes, or something that is in
    alphabetical order.
    
    -b
1009.2FWIWCRISTA::MAYNARDLate For The SkyFri Oct 23 1992 12:566
    
    After an exhaustive search, I found it in an old Roget's Thesaurus.
    The spelling is Abecedarian and it means scholar.
    
    
    						Jim
1009.3RDVAX::KALIKOWSchizos for Clinton/Bush!!Fri Oct 23 1992 13:005
    Humpf.  If you'd wanted a faster answer, you should have asked in
    1007.* and you'd have gotten a whole PASSEL of them.
    
    :-)
    
1009.4are we really talking about "abecedarian"?DYPSS1::DYSERTBarry - Custom Software DevelopmentTue Oct 27 1992 05:596
    Going to an old thesarus?? Assuming that you're talking about the word
    "abecedarian" (note the missing "r") it is defined in my little pocket
    dictionary as "a beginner in any field of learning" (thanks to Random
    House).
    
    	BD�