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Uncommon
noun
•
The first
letter
of a
word
or a
name
.
•
In
plural
, the first
letter
of each
word
of a person's
full name
considered
as a
unit
.
•
In Calligraphy & Typography:
A
distinguished
initial
letter
of a
chapter
or
section
of a
document
.
•
In Phonology:
onset
, part of a
syllable
that
precedes
the
syllable
nucleus
in
phonetics
and
phonology
.
adj
•
Chronologically
first,
early
; of or
pertaining
to the
beginning
,
cause
or
origin
.
•
Spatially
first,
placed
at the
beginning
, in the first
position
;
especially
said of the first
letter
of a
word
.
verb
•
To
sign
one's
initial(s), as an
abbreviated
signature
.
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Opposite
ultimate
eternal
final
beginningless
terminal
Rhymes
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