unlettered
Use Unlettered in a sentence
ərd adjective
1.
not educated; uneducated; untutored; ignorant.
2.
not literate; illiterate.
3.
not marked with letters, as a tombstone.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | uneducated; illiterate |
| 2. | not marked with letters: an unlettered tombstone |
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Unlettered
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
unlettered
mid-14c., "not possessed of book-learning," from un- (1) "not" + lettered (see letter (n.)). An Anglicized form of illiterate. Cf. M.Du. ongelettert.
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Example sentences
Cross reference are included as is a trade name index and a key to unlettered trademarks.
As an unlettered layman, much of my personal research is a struggle.
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