analphabetic

American  

[an-al-fuh-bet-ik, an-al-] / ˌæn æl fəˈbɛt ɪk, ænˌæl- /

adjective

1. not alphabetic.

   an analphabetic arrangement of letters.

2. unable to read or write; illiterate.

   analphabetic peoples.

3. 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.

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noun

1. an illiterate person; analphabet.

analphabetic British  

/ ˌænælfəˈbɛtɪk, ænˌæl- /

adjective

1. not in alphabetical order

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noun

1. a less common word for illiterate

Other Word Forms

• analphabetically
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of analphabetic

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

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