01 n. A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; -- chiefly used in the plural.
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Literati ((lĭt`ē̇*rä"tē; lĭt`ē̇*rā"tī))
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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.