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Originally Posted by trichobezoar
There seem to be a few variations of the word, according to Google/Big Brother Watching. Let's see... *google searching* Hmm, not many. Abcedarian itself is an Old World word, according to Jeffrey Kacirk, author of The Word Museum: The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten. I don't know the origin of the word, unfortunately. The book doesn't provide enough details, just definitions and references. *looking at the bibliography* The references for this particular entry are A Complete Dictionary of the English Language by Thomas Sheridan (published in London, 1790) and The Century Cyclopedia and Dictionary by William Whitney (published in New York, 1889).
*searching a bit more* Hmm, according to en.wikipedia.org,
So, according to the archaic definition of scholar, we're all scholars 'cause we literate? lol |
And according to the ancient Romans we're all Barbarians simply because we aren't Roman citizens.
