LITERATI

literati

(noun) the literary intelligentsia

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

literati pl (plural only) (singular literatus or literato)

Well-educated, literary people; intellectuals who are interested in literature.

Antonyms

• illiterati

Source: Wiktionary


Lit`e*ra"ti, n. pl. Etym: [See Literatus.]

Definition: Learned or literary men. See Literatus. Shakespearean commentators, and other literati. Craik.

LITERATUS

Lit`e*ra"tus, n.; pl. Literati. Etym: [L. litteratus, literatus.]

Definition: A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; -- chiefly used in the plural. Now we are to consider that our bright ideal of a literatus may chance to be maimed. De Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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