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literati

[ lit-uh-rah-tee ]

plural noun

singular literatus
  1. people engaged in literary pursuits, especially professional writers:

    The lounge at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City was a well-known haunt of the literati during the 1920s.

  2. learned people and scholars considered as a class:

    university literati in their ivory tower.



literati

/ ËŒ±ôɪ³Ùəˈ°ùɑ˳پ±Ë /

plural noun

  1. literary or scholarly people
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of literati1

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin lÄ«terÄti, litterÄti “learned, liberally educated people,†noun use of plural of lÄ«terÄtus, litterÄtus; literate
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of literati1

C17: from Latin
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On recent travels, she taught in Paris at a New York University summer school program, mingled with New York City’s glittery literati and gave readings around the world.

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The floating ships in the fantasy role-playing game Honkai: Star Rail are populated with traders, gourmets and literati who surf their texts on jade abacuses.

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What was supporting the grand mansions and the literati in England in the middle of the 19th century?

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In the world of literature, for example, authors who are “othered†outside of the elite literati typically are boxed into othering themselves just to parlay their creativity into a career.

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When East Coast literati ask themselves this question, they often answer: Joan Didion.

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