analphabet

[ an-al-fuh-bet, -bit ]

noun

1. a person who cannot read or write; illiterate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of analphabet¹

First recorded in 1660–70; back formation from analphabetic

Example Sentences

And of the Mohammedan population nearly all the women are analphabet.

From Project Gutenberg

Almost too absurd for condemnation, and happily not very common out of the class of analphabets.

From Project Gutenberg