Wen-li

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

  Wen-li \W[^e]n"-li`\, n. [Chin. w[^e]n li.]
     The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonical
     books and of all composition pretending to literary standing.
     It employs a classical or academic diction, and a more
     condensed and sententious style than Mandarin, and differs
     also in the doubling and arrangement of words.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]