Bible Dictionaries
Illiteracy

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) 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):

(n.) An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Illiteracy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/illiteracy.html. 1828.