Word: preliterate
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: pre
lit
er
ate
Definition: who has not yet learned to read and write
Morphemes:
Affix: pre-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Before; physically in front of; anterior.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: prae-
Language: la
Decoded: prae-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: before; in front
Affix: literate
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Able to read and write; having literacy.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: littera
Language: la
Decoded: littera
PoS: Noun
Meaning: letters, knowledge of literature, learning, scholarship
Affix: -tus
Language: la
Decoded: -tus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms adjectives having the sense "provided with".