Words nearby literatus
literati, literatim, literation, literator, literature, literatus, lith, lith-, lith., lithagogue, litharge
Definition for literatus (2 of 2)
literati
[ lit-uh-rah-tee ]
/ ˌlɪt əˈrɑ ti /
plural noun, singular lit·e·ra·tus [lit-uh-rah-tuh s,] /ˌlɪt əˈrɑ təs,/.
persons of scholarly or literary attainments; intellectuals.
Origin of literati
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Examples from the Web for literatus
The literatus who realized this had his own message in mind.
Drum Taps|Walt WhitmanThe school of the literatus was much better than that of the literator, but it reached only a limited number of the Roman youth.
History of Education|Levi SeeleyHuc advolarunt tres viri, duo lanifices, literarum rudes, literatus tertius est.
History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume III|J. H. Merle D'AubignThis species is closely allied to the M. literatus of Brullé; but it differs too much, I think, to be identical with it.
British Dictionary definitions for literatus
literati
/ (ˌlɪtəˈrɑːtiː) /
pl n
literary or scholarly people
Word Origin for literati
C17: from Latin
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