literatus

[ lit-uh-rah-tuhs, -rey- ]

noun

1. a member of the literati, or intellectual class:

   My daughter married a true literatus—a Ph.D. in philosophy and two volumes of poetry to his name.

Word History and Origins

Origin of literatus¹

First recorded in 1610–20; literati ( def )

Example Sentences

The school of the literatus was much better than that of the literator, but it reached only a limited number of the Roman youth.

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The curious reader may see the entire caustic passage in Spizelius's Infelix Literatus, p. 435.

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Huc advolarunt tres viri, duo lanifices, literarum rudes, literatus tertius est.

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According to Fitz-Stephen, Thomas was less learned (minus literatus) than his rival, but of loftier character and morals.

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This species is closely allied to the M. literatus of Brullé; but it differs too much, I think, to be identical with it.

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