English → Latin
“unlearned” in Latin
indoctusuntaught; unlearned, ignorant, untrainedinērudītusuninformed, uneducated; illiterate; ignorantillitterātusunlearned, uneducated, unscholarly; illiterate; unwritten
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unlearned
indoctus (untaught): ineruditus (uninstructed): illitteratus (unlettered). To be unlearned, nescire litteras.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unlearned?
- The usual Latin words for “unlearned” are indoctus, inērudītus, illitterātus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.