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analphabet

American

[an-al-fuh-bet, -bit] / ænˈæl fəˌbɛt, -bɪt /

noun

a person who cannot read or write; illiterate.

Etymology

Origin of analphabet

First recorded in 1660–70; back formation from analphabetic

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