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unlettered

[uhn-let-erd]

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adjective

not educated; uneducated; untutored; ignorant.

not literate; illiterate.

not marked with letters, as a tombstone.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English; see un-¹, lettered

Synonyms
1. See ignorant.

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unlettered (ʌnˈlɛtəd)

—*adj*
1.	uneducated; illiterate
2.	not marked with letters: an unlettered tombstone

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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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