illiterateadj.n.

/ɪˈlɪtərət/

Forms: Also 1500s illitturate, 1500s–1600s illeterate, 1600s illitterate.

Etymology: < Latin illitterātus (less correctly illīt- ) unlettered, unwritten, < il- (il- prefix²) + litterātūs (līterātūs ) furnished with letters, learned, liberally educated (see literate adj. and n.).

A. adj.

a. Of persons: Ignorant of letters or literature; without book-learning or education; unlettered, unlearned; spec. (in reference to census returns, voting by ballot papers, etc.) unable to read, i.e. totally illiterate. Also, more generally, characterized by ignorance or lack of learning or subtlety (in any sphere of activity). Cf. illiteracy n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > want of learning, illiteracy > [adjective]

unletteredc1390

unliterate1548

illiterate1556

abecedary1589

letterless1605

illiterated1610

illitered1612

clerkless1653

analphabet1654

analphabetical1676

unalphabeted1799

non-reading1848

analphabetic1876

unalphabetic1883

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > cultural ignorance > [adjective]

rudea1382

roida1400

borel1513

rustical?1532

illiberal1535

waste?1541

rusticc1550

illiterate1556

ruggedc1565

profane1568

unskilful1572

raw?1573

clownish1581

home-born1589

rough-hewn1593

unpolished1594

artless1598

home-bred1602

unbevelled1602

incult1628

museless1644

uncultivated1646

incultivateda1657

uncultivate1659

incultivate1661

unpolite1674

uncult1675

repent1684

uncultivated1725

uncultured1777

unenlightened1792

cultureless1824

sloven1856

philistinic1869

undoctrined1869

Philistine1871

Philistinish1871

roughneck1906

lowbrow1907

low-level1916

no-brow1922

bohunk1957

bakya1960

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [adjective]

unwistc1374

unknowna1393

ignorantc1475

imperfect1508

rawa1513

unskilfula1547

imperite?1550

illiterate1556

strange1561

unacquainted1565

green-headed1569

unacquainted1581

unacquaint1587

unfledged1603

inexperienced1626

guiltless1667

inexperient1670

unconversanta1674

unversed1675

uninitiated1678

a stranger to1697

uninitiate1801

inconversant1802

lay1821

griffish1836

wet behind the ears1851

neophytic1856

griffinish1860

experienceless1875

neophytish1897

wet-eared1967

1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. C2 No more can Iudgis, Illitturate Discus ane mater.

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. E3^v Neither [was he] illiterate for he was, as he would often professe, a friend to Sir Philip Sidney, and thereof is now extant some fragments of his penne.

1670 W. Clarke Nat. Hist. Nitre 29 Every illiterate person talks of Brimstone in Lightning.

1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 27 May (1932) (modernized text) III. 1155 The word illiterate, in its common acceptation, means a man who is ignorant of those two languages [sc. Greek and Latin].

1826 E. Irving Babylon II. viii. 291 The illiterate fishermen of Galilee overcame the wit and learning of Greece and Rome.

1881 Echo 13 Jan. 1/5 The illiterate voter appeared rather prominently in the proceedings.

1953 Ann. Reg. 1952 397 The pre-war type of speculative builder's house, which by its illiterate design..had been largely responsible for the poor reputation of English suburban architecture.

1956 C. S. Lewis Let. (1966) 268 One must first distinguish the effect which music has on..people like me who are musically illiterate and get only the emotional effect.

1962 Sunday Times 10 June (Colour Suppl.) 4 The ‘traditionalists’, who are in the main musically illiterate.

b. Of things: Characterized by or showing ignorance of letters, or absence of learning or education; unlearned, unpolished.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] > of things

simplec1443

unlettered?1580

illiterate1598

untutored1611

illitered1612

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

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. * 6 b The harshnes of my illeterate and rude stile.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xv. 176 The Civill Law with vs..an illiterate and a barbarous study.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 75 The disadvantage of an illiterate education.

1870 F. M. Müller Sci. Relig. (1873) 102 The..crowd of bookless or illiterate religions.

2. In sense of Latin illïtterātus: Unfurnished with letters, not written upon; not expressed in words; unwritten; inarticulate. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [adjective] > not written or recorded

unwritten1362

unsetc1445

unpenned1587

unlettered1633

illiterate1645

unwrit1656

nonscript1657

imperscriptible1791

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 37* Confidently to those who have read good bookes, and to those whose reason is not an illiterate booke to themselves I appeale.

1715 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Wks. 428 All good Council we refuse, And our Illiterate Sorrows only bear.

1888 E. Peacock in Catholic Househ. 18 Aug. 11/1 Some few old bells..are without any inscription, but these ‘illiterate’ bells are very rare.

B. n.

An illiterate, unlearned, or uneducated person; spec. (in reference to census or polling returns, etc.), a person unable to read.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > want of learning, illiteracy > [noun] > illiterate person

unlettered1449

illiterate1628

non-reader1689

letterless1760

analphabetic1880

analphabet1881

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer v. 1737 Not as a weakling, or illiterate.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 200. ⁋3 There is no manner of Competition between a Man of Liberal Education and an Illiterate.

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Sept. 4/1 We have been told that the intellectual tests we have introduced into our army will exclude from it the dashing illiterates whose stout hearts and strong thews and sinews made it what it was under the Duke.

1883 Athenæum 3 Feb. 152/2 Regarding the number of ‘cannot reads’..Iowa is the ‘banner State’, having out of its total population but 2·4 per cent. of illiterates.

1893 Times 3 Aug. 7/3 [He] stated that in Ireland the illiterates were 21 per cent. of the electors.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	illiterate
释义	illiterateadj.n. /ɪˈlɪtərət/ Forms: Also 1500s illitturate, 1500s–1600s illeterate, 1600s illitterate. Etymology: < Latin illitterātus (less correctly illīt- ) unlettered, unwritten, < il- (il- prefix²) + litterātūs (līterātūs ) furnished with letters, learned, liberally educated (see literate adj. and n.). A. adj. 1. a. Of persons: Ignorant of letters or literature; without book-learning or education; unlettered, unlearned; spec. (in reference to census returns, voting by ballot papers, etc.) unable to read, i.e. totally illiterate. Also, more generally, characterized by ignorance or lack of learning or subtlety (in any sphere of activity). Cf. illiteracy n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > want of learning, illiteracy > [adjective] unletteredc1390 unliterate1548 illiterate1556 abecedary1589 letterless1605 illiterated1610 illitered1612 clerkless1653 analphabet1654 analphabetical1676 unalphabeted1799 non-reading1848 analphabetic1876 unalphabetic1883 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > cultural ignorance > [adjective] rudea1382 roida1400 borel1513 rustical?1532 illiberal1535 waste?1541 rusticc1550 illiterate1556 ruggedc1565 profane1568 unskilful1572 raw?1573 clownish1581 home-born1589 rough-hewn1593 unpolished1594 artless1598 home-bred1602 unbevelled1602 incult1628 museless1644 uncultivated1646 incultivateda1657 uncultivate1659 incultivate1661 unpolite1674 uncult1675 repent1684 uncultivated1725 uncultured1777 unenlightened1792 cultureless1824 sloven1856 philistinic1869 undoctrined1869 Philistine1871 Philistinish1871 roughneck1906 lowbrow1907 low-level1916 no-brow1922 bohunk1957 bakya1960 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [adjective] unwistc1374 unknowna1393 ignorantc1475 imperfect1508 rawa1513 unskilfula1547 imperite?1550 illiterate1556 strange1561 unacquainted1565 green-headed1569 unacquainted1581 unacquaint1587 unfledged1603 inexperienced1626 guiltless1667 inexperient1670 unconversanta1674 unversed1675 uninitiated1678 a stranger to1697 uninitiate1801 inconversant1802 lay1821 griffish1836 wet behind the ears1851 neophytic1856 griffinish1860 experienceless1875 neophytish1897 wet-eared1967 1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. C2 No more can Iudgis, Illitturate Discus ane mater. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. E3^v Neither [was he] illiterate for he was, as he would often professe, a friend to Sir Philip Sidney, and thereof is now extant some fragments of his penne. 1670 W. Clarke Nat. Hist. Nitre 29 Every illiterate person talks of Brimstone in Lightning. 1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 27 May (1932) (modernized text) III. 1155 The word illiterate, in its common acceptation, means a man who is ignorant of those two languages [sc. Greek and Latin]. 1826 E. Irving Babylon II. viii. 291 The illiterate fishermen of Galilee overcame the wit and learning of Greece and Rome. 1881 Echo 13 Jan. 1/5 The illiterate voter appeared rather prominently in the proceedings. 1953 Ann. Reg. 1952 397 The pre-war type of speculative builder's house, which by its illiterate design..had been largely responsible for the poor reputation of English suburban architecture. 1956 C. S. Lewis Let. (1966) 268 One must first distinguish the effect which music has on..people like me who are musically illiterate and get only the emotional effect. 1962 Sunday Times 10 June (Colour Suppl.) 4 The ‘traditionalists’, who are in the main musically illiterate. b. Of things: Characterized by or showing ignorance of letters, or absence of learning or education; unlearned, unpolished. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] > of things simplec1443 unlettered?1580 illiterate1598 untutored1611 illitered1612 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 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. * 6 b The harshnes of my illeterate and rude stile. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xv. 176 The Civill Law with vs..an illiterate and a barbarous study. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 75 The disadvantage of an illiterate education. 1870 F. M. Müller Sci. Relig. (1873) 102 The..crowd of bookless or illiterate religions. 2. In sense of Latin illïtterātus: Unfurnished with letters, not written upon; not expressed in words; unwritten; inarticulate. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [adjective] > not written or recorded unwritten1362 unsetc1445 unpenned1587 unlettered1633 illiterate1645 unwrit1656 nonscript1657 imperscriptible1791 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 37* Confidently to those who have read good bookes, and to those whose reason is not an illiterate booke to themselves I appeale. 1715 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Wks. 428 All good Council we refuse, And our Illiterate Sorrows only bear. 1888 E. Peacock in Catholic Househ. 18 Aug. 11/1 Some few old bells..are without any inscription, but these ‘illiterate’ bells are very rare. B. n. An illiterate, unlearned, or uneducated person; spec. (in reference to census or polling returns, etc.), a person unable to read. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > want of learning, illiteracy > [noun] > illiterate person unlettered1449 illiterate1628 non-reader1689 letterless1760 analphabetic1880 analphabet1881 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer v. 1737 Not as a weakling, or illiterate. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 200. ⁋3 There is no manner of Competition between a Man of Liberal Education and an Illiterate. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Sept. 4/1 We have been told that the intellectual tests we have introduced into our army will exclude from it the dashing illiterates whose stout hearts and strong thews and sinews made it what it was under the Duke. 1883 Athenæum 3 Feb. 152/2 Regarding the number of ‘cannot reads’..Iowa is the ‘banner State’, having out of its total population but 2·4 per cent. of illiterates. 1893 Times 3 Aug. 7/3 [He] stated that in Ireland the illiterates were 21 per cent. of the electors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1556
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