ALITERATE Definition & Meaning

aliterate

[ ey-lit-er-it ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person who is able to read but rarely chooses to do so:
Schools are worried about producing aliterates who prefer television to books.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of aliterates.

aliterate

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noun

a person who is able to read but disinclined to do so

adjective

of or relating to aliterates

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of aliterate¹

a- ⁶, literate

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For a nation showered by the sputtering rage of his replacement, Obama’s implicit reminder of how incurious and aliterate the Oval Office has become is almost cruel.

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According to William A. Baroody, Jr., President of the American Enterprise Institute, the aliterate person scans magazines, reads headlines, "never reads novels or poetry for the pleasures they offer."

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alit a little

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