ILLITERACY, ILLITERATE
ADJECTIVES
1401 — NOT KNOW A FROM A BATTLEDORE ignorant; illiterate → sl.
1401 — NOT KNOW A FROM A BULL’S FOOT ignorant; illiterate → sl.
1401 — NOT TO KNOW A B FROM A BULL’S FOOT to be entirely illiterate
1553 — NOT TO KNOW A B FROM A BATTLEDORE to be utterly illiterate → arch.
1589 — ILLITERATED ignorant of letters; unlearned; unable to read, totally illiterate → obs.
1604 — ILL-LETTERED ill taught, illiterate → obs.
1612 — ILLITERED illiterate, unlettered → obs.
1792 — NOT TO KNOW B FROM A BULL’S FOOT to be ignorant or illiterate → Amer. dial.
1832 — NOT TO KNOW B FROM A BUFFALO’S FOOT to be ignorant or illiterate → Amer. dial.
1856 — NOT TO KNOW B FROM A BROOMSTICK to be ignorant or illiterate → Amer. dial.
1927 — NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULL’S BAG to be ignorant or illiterate → Amer. dial.
1965 — NOT TO KNOW B FROM BAT’S FOOT to be ignorant or illiterate → Amer. dial.
1965 — NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULL to be ignorant or illiterate → Amer. dial.
1965 — NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULLFROG to be ignorant or illiterate → Amer. dial.
1965 — NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULL’S ASS to be ignorant or illiterate → Amer. dial.
1965 — NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULLSHIT to be ignorant or illiterate → Amer. dial.
1965 — NOT TO KNOW B FROM BULLY to be ignorant or illiterate → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1592 — ILLITERATURE want of learning, illiteracy, ignorance
1940 — BUNGO-TALK illiterate speech; the lowest level of uncultivated Jamaican speech → W. Indies
NOUNS, PERSON
1881 — ANALPHABET one who is totally illiterate or unable to read
..20C — MARKSMAN a man who cannot write his name and therefore has to make his mark → Ireland
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