aliterate
adj/eɪˈlɪtəɹət/
Etymology
From a- + literate.
- derived from lītterātus
- inherited from litterate
Definitions
Disinclined to read though not illiterate
Disinclined to read though not illiterate; able to read but reluctant or unlikely to do so.
Someone who is able to read but disinclined to do so.
- Mark Twain famously said, "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who can't read"; more succinctly: the aliterate has little advantage over the illiterate.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for aliterate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA