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Definition 2024
aliterate
aliterate
English
See also: alliterate
Adjective
aliterate (comparative more aliterate, superlative most aliterate)
- Disinclined to read though not illiterate, able to read but reluctant or unlikely to read.
Noun
aliterate (plural aliterates)
- Someone who is able to read but disinclined to do so.
- Mark Twain famously said "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who can't read" or more succinctly: the aliterate has little advantage over the illiterate.