analphabetic
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analphabetic
adjective more analphabetic · most analphabetic
- (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
- (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write. His system of exchange was that for any book in his bundle you gave him four annas, and any other book. Not quite any book, however, for the book-wallah, though analphabetic, had learned to recognize and refuse a Bible.
noun analphabetics
- An illiterate person. At press conferences you hear a visiting statesman so eloquent in his own language—and then suddenly he tries a few words in French...an idiot speaking, an analphabetic from some wretched forgotten hamlet learning to read at the age of seventy.—
Talk about this word "analphabetic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/analphabetic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. analphabetic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/analphabetic "analphabetic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/analphabetic.
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@misc{analphabetic_2026,
title = {analphabetic},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/analphabetic},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
