illiterate
noun/ɪˈlɪtərət/
/ɪˈlɪtərət/
- a person who is illiterateWord Originlate Middle English: from Latin illitteratus, from in- ‘not’ + litteratus, from littera ‘letter of the alphabet’, (plural) ‘epistle, literature, culture’.
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