a. rare–1. [f. Gr. ἀναλφάβητ-ος (see prec.) + -IC.] Not knowing the letters; totally illiterate.
1876. R. Burton, Gorilla Land, II. 226. They have relapsed into the analphabetic state of their ancestors.
1884. Marshall County Democrat (KS), 6 Nov., 1/3. Hence the percentage of analphabetics equalled about 80 per cent.
