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literati definition

lit·era·ti (lit′ə rät′ē; occas., -rā′tī′)

plural noun

  1. men of letters
  2. scholarly or learned people

Etymology: It < L litterati, learned, pl. of litteratus: see literate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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