illiterati

名词 n.

中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.

Those who cannot read and write Latin. plural,plural-only

— Also known as illiterati (people ignorant of Latin letters), the common run of people were defined intellectually by the limits of their idiom and by the type and "quality" of reading materials available to them.
Those who are illiterate or unlearned. plural,plural-only

— A lower species, indeed, is that of the scribes you mention, who every night compose a journal for the satisfaction of such illiterati