Literatus

//lɪtəˈɹɑːtəs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A learned person; especially one acquainted with literature. in-plural

    "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."

Synonyms

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literato

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"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."

Etymology

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

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