preliterate | ||
1. | [ adjective ] not yet having acquired the ability to read and write | |
Related terms: | illiterate | |
2. | [ adjective ] (anthropology) used of a society that has not developed writing | |
Synonyms: | nonliterate | |
Related terms: | noncivilized | |
Similar spelling: |
proletariat prelature proletarian Prellwitz |