illiterati

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illiterati^¹

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From i- + literati.

noun Illiterati

plural, plural only Those who cannot read and write Latin. Also known as illiterati (people ignorant of Latin letters), the common run of people were defined intellectually by the limits of their idiom and by the type and "quality" of reading materials available to them.
plural, plural only Those who are illiterate or unlearned. A lower species, indeed, is that of the scribes you mention, who every night compose a journal for the satisfaction of such illiterati

Illiterati^²

noun

plural, plural only Alternative letter-case form of illiterati

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noun those who cannot read and write Latin

日本語	ラテン語の非識字者 ratengo no hishikijisya
中文	拉丁語文盲 /拉丁语文盲 lādīngyǔwénmáng

noun those who are illiterate and unlearned

Español	iliteratos
日本語	無教養者 mukyōyōsha
中文	文盲 wénmáng

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@misc{illiterati_2026,
  title = {illiterati},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/illiterati},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}