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literatus

/lɪtəˈɹɑːtəs/

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Borrowed from Latin līterātus, litterātus. Doublet of literate and literato.

noun literati

in plural A learned person; especially one acquainted with literature. Now, we are to consider that our bright ideal of a literatus may chance to be married,—in fact, Mr. [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge agrees to allow him a wife.
Similar: literato

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@misc{literatus_2026,
  title = {literatus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/literatus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}