\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.