(idea) by omegas Wed Nov 08 2000 at 14:26:32

An illiterate person, that is, somebody who is unable to read. The word comes from Greek: an- (not) + alphabetos (alphabet). In 1997, more than 21 percent of the adults in the US were analphabets.

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