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Apr. 17, 2014
Word of the Day

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\an-al-fuh-BET-ik, an-al-\
adjective
1. not alphabetic: an analphabetic arrangement of letters.
2. unable to read or write; illiterate: analphabetic peoples.
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In your atrophied eyes, the letters read like a line of ali... See full quote
-- Richard Powers, Plowing the Dark, 2000
Origin
Analphabetic comes from the Greek word analphábēt(os) which meant "not knowing the alphabet." The concept of an alphabet has existed since at least 1500 BCE.
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