noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter wordnet

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acrology

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “uppermost, beginning”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). From acro- + -phony.

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