a. Obs. rare–1. [ad. L. analphabēt-us, a. Gr. ἀναλφάβητ-ος not knowing one’s A B C, f. ἀν priv. + ἀλφάβητ-ος alphabet.] = next.
1670. Lassels, Voy. Italy, I. 123. Which [books] being shipped and taken by the Turks, were many of them thrown overboard by those analphabet rogues.
