literati
(noun) the literary intelligentsia
Source: WordNet® 3.1
literati pl (plural only) (singular literatus or literato)
Well-educated, literary people; intellectuals who are interested in literature.
• 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.
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
13 June 2025
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