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10 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a person unable to read
adjective not able to read or write
adjective uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field
originFirst attested in 1425–1475, in Middle English; from Middle English illiterat(e) (“uneducated, ignorant of Latin”), borrowed from Latin illīterātus, illitterātus (“unlearned, ignorant”), itself from in- (“un-”) + līterātus, litterātus (“furnished with letters”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from lītera, littera (“letter, character”). The noun was derived from the adjective by…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
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- laterite 8
- literate 8
- literati 8
- ariette 7
- atelier 7
- iterate 7
- literal 7
- littler 7
- retitle 7
- tallier 7
- tertial 7