Vicinal (logology)
A vicinal is a logological term for a word where all its letters have "alphabetic neighbors". For instance, if a word has an "O" in it, to be a vicinal it must also have an "N" and/or a "P". If none of the letters have alphabetic neighbors, it is known as a nonvicinal.
Some vicinals:
- Blacksmith
- Documents
- Done
- Fights
- High
- On
- Sport
- This
Some nonvicinals:
- As
- In
- Intelligibility
- Lacqueying
- Mississippi
- Mortgage
- The
Some words that are neither:
- About
- Almanac
- Dictionary
- Times
- Wisconsin
