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Acrophony

Acrophony Meaning & Definition
Acrophony Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Acrophony?

[n] naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter

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Acrophony In Webster's Dictionary

\A*croph"o*ny\, n. [Gr. 'a`kros extreme + ? sound.] The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.

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