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English Dictionary: acrophony by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acrophony
n
  1. naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Acrophony \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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