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ALITERATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aliterate mean?
• ALITERATE (noun)
The noun ALITERATE has 1 sense:
1. a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources
Familiarity information: ALITERATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
aliterate; aliterate person
Hypernyms ("aliterate" is a kind of...):
ignoramus; know nothing; uneducated person (an ignorant person)
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