Il*lit"er*a*cy (?), n.; pl.
Illiteracies (#). [From Illiterate.]
1. The state of being illiterate, or uneducated;
want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to
read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last
census.
2. An instance of ignorance; a literary
blunder.
The many blunders and illiteracies of the first
publishers of his [Shakespeare's] works.
Pope.