analphabetic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
(of symbols) Not alphabetic.
adj
(of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
noun
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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.—"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English alphabetic English analphabetic From an- + alphabetic.