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semiliterate

adj

Etymology

From semi- + literate.

  1. derived from lītterātus
  2. inherited from litterate
  3. prefixed as semiliterate — “semi + literate”

Definitions

  1. Not entirely literate

    Not entirely literate; having a limited grasp of the written language.

    • With the necessary prowess of the semiliterate, Heed had a flawless memory, and like most nonreaders, she was highly numerate.

  2. A person who is semiliterate.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for semiliterate. 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