Definition of "dyslexic" [dyslexic]

• A person who is affected by dyslexia. (noun)
• Of or relating to dyslexia. (adjective)

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• "Page 28 students they call dyslexic, a made-up word to apologize to themselves for their failure in the public schools in my opinion."
• "In Bernhard Schlink's 1995 novel and the current film based on it, the word dyslexic is never used."
• "The term dyslexic eventually became a catch – all term used to account for people who failed to learn to read despite apparent intellectual capacity and environmental support (ibid.)."