literati

li·te·ra·ti

noun pl \ˌli-tə-ˈrä-(ˌ)tē\

Definition of LITERATI

1

: the educated class; also : intelligentsia

2

: persons interested in literature or the arts

Examples of LITERATI

1. <Boston's 19th-century literati often referred to their city as “the Athens of America”.>

Origin of LITERATI

obsolete Italian litterati, from Latin, plural of litteratus

First Known Use: 1621

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with LITERATI

glitterati, Gujarati, manicotti