LITERATUS

Etymology

Noun

literatus (plural literati)

(chiefly, in the plural) A learned person; one acquainted with literature.

Anagrams

• rutilates, tertulias

Source: Wiktionary

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