analphabetic

[ an-al-fuh-bet-ik, an-al- ]

adjective
  1. not alphabetic: an analphabetic arrangement of letters.

  2. unable to read or write; illiterate: analphabetic peoples.

  1. Phonetics. of or constituting a system of phonetic transcription, as the one devised by Otto Jespersen, that for each sound indicates by separate sets of symbols the articulator, the point of articulation, and the size and shape of the mouth opening.

noun
  1. an illiterate person; analphabet.

Origin of analphabetic

1
1660–70; <Greek analphábēt(os) not knowing the alphabet (an-an-1 + alphábēt(os) alphabet + -os adj. suffix) + -ic

Words Nearby analphabetic

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British Dictionary definitions for analphabetic

analphabetic

/ (ˌænælfəˈbɛtɪk, ænˌæl-) /


adjective
  1. not in alphabetical order

noun, adjective
  1. a less common word for illiterate

Origin of analphabetic

1
C20: from Greek analphabētos; see an-, alphabet

Derived forms of analphabetic

  • analphabetically, adverb

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