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Analphabetic

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
(of symbols) Not alphabetic. not-comparable
2
(of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write. comparable
"His system of exchange was that for any book in his bundle you gave him four annas, and any other book. Not quite any book, however, for the book-wallah, though analphabetic, had learned to recognize and refuse a Bible."

Adjective

1
not alphabetic wordnet
2
having little acquaintance with writing wordnet
3
relating to or expressed by a writing system that is not alphabetic wordnet

Noun

1
An illiterate person.
"At press conferences you hear a visiting statesman so eloquent in his own language—and then suddenly he tries a few words in French...an idiot speaking, an analphabetic from some wretched forgotten hamlet learning to read at the age of seventy.—"
2
an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From an- + alphabetic.

Etymology 2

From an- + alphabetic.

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