It's actually a previous
Word a Day word from November 2007:
aliterate A.Word.A.Day--aliterate
This week's theme: adjectives.
aliterate (ay-LIT-uhr-it) noun, adjective
One who is capable of reading but not interested in it.
[From Latin a- (not or without) + litteratus (learned), from littera (letter).]
Today's word in Visual Thesaurus.
Aliterates stand somewhere between literates and illiterates. They can read but don't want to. Whether they can alliterate, we're not sure.
-Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)
"The avowed aliterate has relinquished an activity that is uniquely human. (Apes can watch TV)."
Linton Weeks; Essay; The Washington Post; Jul 14, 1996.
X-Bonus
Endless money forms the sinews of war. -Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator, writer (106-43 BCE)
