ALITERATE

aliterate

Noun

  1. Someone who is able to read but disinclined to do so.
    Mark Twain famously said "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who can't read" or more succinctly: the aliterate has little advantage over the illiterate.

Adjective

  1. Disinclined to read though not illiterate, able to read but reluctant or unlikely to read.


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