Literati

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Literati \Lit`e*ra"ti\ (l[i^]t`[-e]*r[aum]"t[=e];
     l[i^]t`[-e]*r[=a]"t[imac]), n. pl. [See {Literatus}.]
     Learned or literary men. See {Literatus}.
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           Shakespearean commentators, and other literati.


                                                    --Craik.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Literatus \Lit`e*ra"tus\ (l[i^]t`[-e]*r[aum]"t[u^]s;
     l[i^]t`[-e]*r[=a]"t[u^]s), n.; pl. {Literati}
     (l[i^]t`[-e]*r[aum]"t[=e]; l[i^]t`[-e]*r[=a]"t[imac]). [L.
     litteratus, literatus.]
     A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; -- chiefly
     used in the plural.
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           Now we are to consider that our bright ideal of a
           literatus may chance to be maimed.       --De Quincey.
     [1913 Webster] -lith

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  literati
       n : the literary intelligentsia