Alphabetical
//ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl// adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Ellipsis of alphabetical jigsaw. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"We used to publish two, or sometimes three, alphabeticals a year and I am proposing to resume the same sort of frequency."
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet. not-comparable
"Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of alphabetical language."
- 2 According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet. not-comparable
"All names were placed into an alphabetical list."
- 3 literal not-comparable, obsolete
"But if an alphabeticall servility must be still urged, it may so fall out,"
Adjective
- 1 arranged in order according to the alphabet wordnet
- 2 relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet wordnet
Example
More examples"The clinical records in most hospitals are kept in alphabetical order."
Etymology
From Latin alphabēticus + -al. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ical.
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