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Word of the day: abecedary

Encountered: Words Without Borders newsletter, discussing a book by Bernardo Atxaga entitled ‘A Surprising Tale in the Form of an Alphabet’ (translated from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.
Word in context: “Bernardo Atxaga’s ’s abecedary of war starts with a malevolent flower and ends with the ultimate solution”
Definitions:

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913):

Abecedary
(n.)
A primer; the first

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But not in the way the protesters in London might have you think…
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