illiterate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: illiterate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illiterate adj not able to read or write Antonym(s): literate uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate" Synonym(s): ignorant, illiterate lacking culture, especially in language and literature Antonym(s): literate n a person unable to read [syn: illiterate, {illiterate person}, nonreader]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Illiterate \Illit"erate\, a. [L. illiteratus: pref. il- not + literatus learned. See {In-} not, and {Literal}.] Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people. Syn: Ignorant; untaught; unlearned; unlettered; unscholary. See {Ignorant}. -- {Illit"erately}, adv. -- {Illit"erateness}, n.