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acrophony

/əˈkɹɒfəni/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.

Etymology / origin

From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “uppermost, beginning”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). From acro- + -phony.

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