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Definition of Aliterate
1. Noun. A person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources.
Definition of Aliterate
1. Adjective. Disinclined to read though not illiterate, able to read but reluctant or unlikely to read. ¹
2. Noun. Someone who is able to read but disinclined to do so. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aliterate
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aliterate
Literary usage of Aliterate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"... as aliterate, and, after serving curacies at Downton ( W ilt- shire) and
Windsor (1820), was appointed in 1822 master of Farley Hospital, Salisbury. ..."
2. Making the Match: The Right Book for the Right Reader at the Right Time by Teri S. Lesesne (2003)
"Choosing Not to Read: An Ethnographic Study of Seventh- Grade aliterate Students.
Unpublished doctoral diss. University of Houston, TX. . 2002. ..."
3. Teaching Adolescent Writers by Kelly Gallagher (2006)
"It is the aliterate students more than anyone else in the classroom who benefit
most from models prior to writing, because they have come to the writing ..."
4. Naked Reading: Uncovering What Tweens Need to Become Lifelong Readers by Teri S. Lesesne (2006)
"Kylene Beers (1990), in her ground-breaking research into the lives of aliterate
students, drew one conclusion that continues to impress itself onto my mind ..."
5. The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin (1997)
"... Enterprise Institute, the aliterate person scans magazines, reads headlines, "never
reads novels or poetry for the pleasures they offer. ..."
6. Group-Based Financial Institutions for the Rural Poor in Bangladesh: An by Anna Ferro-Luzzi (2001)
"... is sufficiently large to overturn the combined positive effect, so that the
net effect is negative (that is, I aliterate I > I ..."
7. Fanfare for Words: Bookfairs and Book Festivals in North America by Bernadine Clark (1991)
"Bookfairs are a way to introduce them to, or in the case of the aliterate, to
reacquaint them with, bookish pleasures. The fly-fishing enthusiast ..."
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