aliterate

adj
/eɪˈlɪtəɹət/

Etymology

From a- + literate.

  1. derived from lītterātus
  2. inherited from litterate
  3. prefixed as aliterate — “a + literate

Definitions

  1. Disinclined to read though not illiterate

    Disinclined to read though not illiterate; able to read but reluctant or unlikely to do so.

  2. 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