INITIAL
ADJECTIVES
► ACROLOGIC pert. to initials → 1882
NOUNS
► ALPHABET SOUP initialisms and acronyms in general → Amer. sl.
► SIGLE an initial or other character used to denote words → 1614 obs.
VERBS
► PARAGRAPH to sign, to initial → 1601 obs.
► PARAPH to sign, esp. with initials; to initial → 1667
Lexicophilia 