literatus
/lɪtəˈɹɑːtəs/
literatus noun: a learned person; especially one acquainted with literature.
Noun
literatus (plural literati)
- 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
literatus meaning in Bengali
literatus in Bengali
- একজন বিদ্বান ব্যক্তি
Synonyms of literatus
Forms of literatus
| plural | literati |
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Origin of literatus
Borrowed from Latin līterātus, litterātus. Doublet of literate and literato.
Questions about literatus
- What does literatus mean?
- Literatus means a learned person; especially one acquainted with literature.
- What is literatus in Bengali?
- Literatus in Bengali is একজন বিদ্বান ব্যক্তি. See Literatus meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is literatus?
- Literatus is a noun.
- How do you pronounce literatus?
- Literatus is pronounced /lɪtəˈɹɑːtəs/.
- What is the plural of literatus?
- The plural of literatus is literati.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: literatus (page history and authors); literatus (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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