Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IL-LIT'ER-ATE
IL-LIT'ER-ALIL-LIT'ER-ATE-NESS
IL-LIT'ER-ATE, a. [L. illiteratus; in and literatus; from litera, a letter.]
Unlettered; ignorant of letters or books; untaught; unlearned; uninstructed in science; as, an illiterate man, nation or tribe. Wotton.
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