acronymic

Variant of acronym

acronym definition

☆ acro·nym (ak′rə nim′)

noun

a word formed from the first (or first few) letters of a series of words, as radar, from radio detecting and ranging

Etymology: acr(o)- + -onym

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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