'Literati' definitions:

Definition of 'literati'

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noun
The literary intelligentsia

Definition of 'Literati'

From: GCIDE
  • Literati \Lit`e*ra"ti\ (l[i^]t`[-e]*r[aum]"t[=e]; l[i^]t`[-e]*r[=a]"t[imac]), n. pl. [See Literatus.] Learned or literary men. See Literatus. [1913 Webster]
  • Shakespearean commentators, and other literati. --Craik. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Literati'

From: GCIDE
  • 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