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Oct 1, 2009 This week's theme Insults This week's words politicaster quidnunc analphabet wifty gormandizer Today's word in Visual Thesaurus Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg analphabet PRONUNCIATION: (an-AL-fuh-bet) MEANING: noun: An illiterate; one who doesn't know the alphabet or the basics of something. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek analphabetos (not knowing the alphabet), from an- (not) + alphabetos (alphabet), from alpha + beta. USAGE: "For an auto-analphabet like me, this was big news indeed. Armed with these magical tires, I'd never have to lug around a spare." Amy Gamerman; Tires -- No Pressure; The Wall Street Journal (New York); May 29, 1998. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it. -Andrew Young, author, civil rights activist, US congressman, mayor, and UN ambassador (b. 1932)

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