literatus

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literatus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Literatus \Lit`e*ra"tus\ (l[i^]t`[-e]*r[aum]"t[u^]s;
     l[i^]t`[-e]*r[=a]"t[u^]s), n.; pl. Literati
     (l[i^]t`[-e]*r[aum]"t[=e]; l[i^]t`[-e]*r[=a]"t[imac]). [L.
     litteratus, literatus.]
     A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; -- chiefly
     used in the plural.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Now we are to consider that our bright ideal of a
           literatus may chance to be maimed.       --De Quincey.
     [1913 Webster] -lith