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letterless

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Without the presence or use of alphabetical letters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 2

Not having received a letter; (of a period of time) during which no letter is received. (of a person)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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adj

Meaning 3

Illiterate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a letterless peasant
  • 1760, William Law, A Collection of Letters, London: J. Richardson, Letter I, p. 20, I join therefore in the public Assemblies, not because of the Purity, or Perfection of that which is done, or to be found there, but because of that which is meant and intended by them: They mean the holy, public Worship of God; they mean the Edification of Christians; they are of great Use to many People; they keep the World from a total Forgetfulness of God; they help the Ignorant and Letterless to such a Knowledge of God, and the Scriptures, as they would not have without them.

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History

Etymology

From letter + -less.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неграмотен (negramoten) — illiterate