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literata

literata is the female equivalent of literatus.

Meaning of literatus

Noun

literatus (plural literati)

  1. (in plural) A learned person; especially one acquainted with literature.
    • 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.1823, Thomas De Quincey, “Letters to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected. Letter I.”, in Letters to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected; and Other Papers (De Quincey’s Works...
    Synonyms:
    literato

Forms of literata

pluralliteratae

Origin of literata

From Latin līterāta, litterāta.

Questions about literata

What is literata the female equivalent of?
Literata is the female equivalent of literatus.

Words near literata in the dictionary

  1. literary techniques
  2. literary theory
  3. literary tourism
  4. literaryism
  5. literaryisms
  6. literata
  7. literatae
  8. literate
  9. literate programming
  10. literately
  11. literateness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: literata (page history and authors); literatus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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