Hypertext Webster Gateway: "illiterate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Illiterate \Il*lit"er*ate\, a. [L. illiteratus: pref. il- not +
literatus learned. See {In-} not, and {Literal}.]
Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed;
uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people.

Syn: Ignorant; untaught; unlearned; unlettered; unscholary.
See {Ignorant}. -- {Il*lit"er*ate*ly}, adv. --
{Il*lit"er*ate*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

illiterate
adj 1: not able to read or write [ant: {literate}]
2: ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of
knowledge; "ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "musically
illiterate" [syn: {ignorant}]
n : a person unable to read [syn: {illiterate person}, {analphabetic},
{nonreader}]


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