abecedarian

someone who attempts to learn something in alphabetical order or in a specific order.

ted is being an abecedarian by trying to learn all the words in the dictionary from a-z.

by TehSmexBuns October 16, 2009

abecedarianism

The use of extra letters and/or syllables to a word, in an attempt to sound more intelligent while speaking. Often, the person who hears it, thinks quite the opposite.

When the speaker said, "Me and my friends were 'conversating' about the election", I thought to myself that he was guilty of abecedarianism, since he should have said 'conversing' instead.

by lexicographic word nerd May 18, 2016