unlettered
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English lettered English unlettered From un- + lettered.
- Not instructed in letters; not educated, not well-read; unable to read.
“[…]that vnletered ſmall knowing ſoule[…]”
“Hannibal, as a city, may have many sins to answer for, but ingratitude is not one of them, or reverence for the great men she has produced, and as the years go by her greatest son, Mark Twain, or S. L. Clemens as a few of the unlettered call him, grows in the estimation and regard of the residents of the town he made famous and the town that made him famous.”
- Not expressed in or marked with letters.