analphabet

noun

an·​al·​pha·​bet (ˌ)an-ˈal-fə-ˌbet 

-bət

: a person who cannot read : illiterate

analphabetic

ˌan-ˌal-fə-ˈbe-tik 

adjective or noun

analphabetism

(ˌ)an-ˈal-fə-bə-ˌti-zəm 

noun

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin analphabētus, derivative of analphabētus, adjective, "illiterate," borrowed from Greek analphábētos, from an- an- + -alphabētos, derivative of alphábētos alphabet

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above