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aˈnalphabet, a. and n. rare.
[ad. L. analphabēt-us, a. Gr. ἀναλϕάβητ-ος not knowing one's ABC, f. ἀν priv. + ἀλϕάβητ-ος alphabet.]
A. adj. = analphabetic a.
1670R. Lassels Voy. Italy I. 123 Which [books] being shipped and taken by the Turks, were many of them thrown over⁓board by those analphabet rogues. 1961C. Winston Hours Together (1962) vii. 140 She had..been..barely able to trace her name on those infrequent documents..which entered their analphabet domain.
B. n. Also analphabete. [after F. analphabète, G. analphabet, etc.] One who is totally illiterate or unable to read.
1881Encycl. Brit. XIII. 460 As late as..1861..[in Italy] in a population of 21,777,331 there were..16,999,701 ‘analphabetes’, or persons..absolutely unable to read. 1914N.Y. Times Current History 12 Dec. 79 There are no analphabets to be found among them. 1938S. Beckett Murphy x. 205 The skill is really extraordinary with which analphabetes..circumvent their dread of verbal commitments. |