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Aliterate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Aliterate has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources

2

Someone who is able to read but disinclined to do so.

Adjective
1

Disinclined to read though not illiterate; able to read but reluctant or unlikely to do so.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
ignoramus
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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