litterati

Noun

literati pl (normally plural, singular literatus or literato)

1. (plural, plural-normally) Well-educated, erudite, literary people; intellectuals who are interested in literature.
   • First, to Counsellor Fitzclabber, who, he told me, was then employed in compiling a history of the kings of Minster, from Irish manuscripts; and then to his friend Mr. Gahagan, who was a profound philosopher and politician, and had projected many excellent schemes for the good of his country. But...1748, Tobias George Smollett, The Adventures of Roderick Random, Forgotten Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 301

   Antonyms:

   illiterati