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Definition of Acrophony
1. Noun. Naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter.
Definition of Acrophony
1. n. The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.
Definition of Acrophony
1. Noun. Naming letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Acrophony
Literary usage of Acrophony
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1912)
"For the close connection with the Egyptian Emmanuel de Rouge was the first sponsor,
alleging the writing from right to left, the principle of acrophony (ie, ..."
2. Explorations in Bible Lands During the 19th Century by Hermann Vollrat Hilprecht, Immanuel Benzinger, Fritz Hommel, Georg Steindorff (1903)
"... and that therefore in the creation of symbols for single sounds or syllables
the principle of acrophony was employed. The knowledge acquired goes far to ..."
3. A History of the Art of Writing by William Albert Mason (1920)
"... elementary sound corresponded to the alphabetic sound for which a sign was
sought. This was carried out on the principle of acrophony or ..."
4. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1905)
"For, as Dr. Evans remarks: “The great principle of acrophony, by which, instead
of a sign being taken as a word or syllable, it stood for the initial letter ..."
5. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"1 It seems that " acrophony " (giving to a sign the value of the first letter of
its name) was indulged in only by priests of the latest age, ..."
6. Proceedings by Bruce A. Suprenant, James L. Noland, M.P. Schuller, University of Colorado (1907)
"... suggest—though I do it with little confidence—is that the Q is here used by
a sort of acrophony for the name of the goddess Neith, and that the addition ..."
7. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... begin with these letters; similarly the Phoenician letters had names indicating
an origin from a hieroglyphic system on the same principle of acrophony. ..."
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