A person who is able to read and write. / (historical) A person who was educated but had not taken a university degree; especially a candidate to take holy orders.

The property of being literal.

In the way of one who is literate.

plural of literal

Literal interpretation or understanding; adherence to the exact letter or precise significance, as in interpreting or translating.

plural of liter

A literary person, a man of letters. / One who writes professionally. / A learned person.

present participle of literalize

plural of literalness

plural of literate