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Webster 1913 Edition
Literatus
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Litˊe-ra′tus
(lĭtˊē̍-rä′tŭs; lĭtˊē̍-rā′tŭs)
, Noun.
pl.
Literati
(lĭtˊē̍-rä′tē; lĭtˊē̍-rā′tī)
. [L.
litteratus
, literatus
.] A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; – chiefly used in the plural.
Now we are to consider that our bright ideal of a
literatus
may chance to be maimed. De Quincey.