abecedarius

noun

abe·​ce·​dar·​i·​us

-rēəs

plural -es

: a poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (such as the 119th Psalm in Hebrew or Chaucer's A B C)

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Late Latin abecedārius "alphabetical"

First Known Use

1796, in the meaning defined above

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