aliterateadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌeɪˈlɪt(ə)rət/, U.S.

/ˌeɪˈlɪdərət/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix⁶, literate adj.

Etymology: < a- prefix⁶ + literate adj., after illiterate adj. With sense A. 2 compare earlier non-literate adj.

A. adj.

†1. Of a literary work: displaying a lack of education or learning on the part of the writer; = illiterate adj. 1b. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective]

wanmola1325

rudea1393

lewdc1425

rustyc1425

unpolisheda1450

roidc1485

inelegant1509

gross1513

rough?1520

barbarous1526

ineloquent1532

inconcinnate1534

crabby1550

crabbed1561

uneloquent1565

unelegant1570

unkempt1579

unfiled1590

illiterate1598

unconceived1599

aliterate1624

incompta1628

scabbed1630

uncombed1633

uncompt1633

uncouth1694

coarse1699

slatternly1783

crude1786

warty1822

stumbling1859

1624 M. Casaubon Vindic. I. Casaubon sig. M^v Your Aliterate verses vpon his Name at the end of your pretended precious worke.

2. Of a person or group: unwilling to read, although able to do so; disinclined to read.Cf. illiterate adj., non-literate adj., aliteracy n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > reading > reader > [adjective] > of a person disinclined to read

non-reading1848

aliterate1966

society > communication > reading > reader > [adjective] > of a person disinclined to read > of a society

aliterate1985

1946 Rural Sociol. Mar. 77/1 The chief problem in community action: securing full participation by inarticulate, aliterate groups.

1966 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 25 June 10/1 The student body there consisted of boys who hated books, boys who had gotten into trouble. ‘They were not only illiterate,’ Fader says, ‘they were a-literate.’

1985 N.Y. Times 12 June 26/4 We live in an aliterate society.

1991 Wilson Q. Summer 81/1 It is particularly disturbing to see fewer and fewer of even the brightest students reading, except when a grade is involved. The new term for these nonreaders is ‘aliterate’.

B. n.

An aliterate person. Also with the and plural agreement: such people collectively.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > reading > reader > [noun] > disinclination to read > a person with a disinclination to read

non-reader1689

aliterate1964

1964 K. Perutz House on Sound i. 3 People [of the town]..were all neatly divided into two types: the ‘culture vultures’ and the ‘aliterates’, a term used by the Hornburys to designate ‘those who can read, but don't’.

1986 M. Marien Future Surv. Ann. 1985 150/2 That power almost inevitably will belong to the aliterate... to those who are technically almost unable to read a serious book, and who are mostly unwilling to do so.

1990 B. Cullinan in J. M. Healy Endangered Minds (1999) i. 19 Most aliterates watch television for their news, but the entire transcript of a television newscast would fill only two columns of the New York Times. Aliterates get only the surface level of the news.

2000 M. Gorman Our Enduring Values 121 Two big questions arise if we come to believe that we live in a society that is made up of two (or three) nations—the aliterate/illiterate and the truly literate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aliterate
释义	aliterateadj.n. Brit. /ˌeɪˈlɪt(ə)rət/, U.S. /ˌeɪˈlɪdərət/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix⁶, literate adj. Etymology: < a- prefix⁶ + literate adj., after illiterate adj. With sense A. 2 compare earlier non-literate adj. A. adj. †1. Of a literary work: displaying a lack of education or learning on the part of the writer; = illiterate adj. 1b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] wanmola1325 rudea1393 lewdc1425 rustyc1425 unpolisheda1450 roidc1485 inelegant1509 gross1513 rough?1520 barbarous1526 ineloquent1532 inconcinnate1534 crabby1550 crabbed1561 uneloquent1565 unelegant1570 unkempt1579 unfiled1590 illiterate1598 unconceived1599 aliterate1624 incompta1628 scabbed1630 uncombed1633 uncompt1633 uncouth1694 coarse1699 slatternly1783 crude1786 warty1822 stumbling1859 1624 M. Casaubon Vindic. I. Casaubon sig. M^v Your Aliterate verses vpon his Name at the end of your pretended precious worke. 2. Of a person or group: unwilling to read, although able to do so; disinclined to read.Cf. illiterate adj., non-literate adj., aliteracy n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > reader > [adjective] > of a person disinclined to read non-reading1848 aliterate1966 society > communication > reading > reader > [adjective] > of a person disinclined to read > of a society aliterate1985 1946 Rural Sociol. Mar. 77/1 The chief problem in community action: securing full participation by inarticulate, aliterate groups. 1966 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 25 June 10/1 The student body there consisted of boys who hated books, boys who had gotten into trouble. ‘They were not only illiterate,’ Fader says, ‘they were a-literate.’ 1985 N.Y. Times 12 June 26/4 We live in an aliterate society. 1991 Wilson Q. Summer 81/1 It is particularly disturbing to see fewer and fewer of even the brightest students reading, except when a grade is involved. The new term for these nonreaders is ‘aliterate’. B. n. An aliterate person. Also with the and plural agreement: such people collectively. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > reader > [noun] > disinclination to read > a person with a disinclination to read non-reader1689 aliterate1964 1964 K. Perutz House on Sound i. 3 People [of the town]..were all neatly divided into two types: the ‘culture vultures’ and the ‘aliterates’, a term used by the Hornburys to designate ‘those who can read, but don't’. 1986 M. Marien Future Surv. Ann. 1985 150/2 That power almost inevitably will belong to the aliterate... to those who are technically almost unable to read a serious book, and who are mostly unwilling to do so. 1990 B. Cullinan in J. M. Healy Endangered Minds (1999) i. 19 Most aliterates watch television for their news, but the entire transcript of a television newscast would fill only two columns of the New York Times. Aliterates get only the surface level of the news. 2000 M. Gorman Our Enduring Values 121 Two big questions arise if we come to believe that we live in a society that is made up of two (or three) nations—the aliterate/illiterate and the truly literate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1624
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