unbooklearnedadj.
(un- prefix1 2d.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > want of learning, illiteracy > [adjective] > not studious
unliterate1548
unbookisha1616
unbooklearned1633
unscholastic1690
unreading1728
bookless1734
unliterary1788
unbooked1859
non-literate1891
book-shy1902
1633 D. Rogers Treat. Two Sacraments Gospell ii. 67 Meane folkes who..being unbook-learned cannot comprehend such depths as these.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northampt. 291 The History of the Bible..hath done as much good to un-book-learn'd people, as any of that kind.
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