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Lettered

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let·tered

[let-erd]
adjective
1.
educated or learned.
2.
of, pertaining to, or characterized by learning or literary culture.
3.
marked with or as if with letters.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English; see letter1, -ed3

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let·ter

1[let-er]
noun
1.
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
2.
a symbol or character that is conventionally used in writing and printing to represent a speech sound and that is part of an alphabet.
3.
a piece of printing type bearing such a symbol or character.
4.
a particular style of type.
5.
such types collectively.
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6.
Often, letters. a formal document granting a right or privilege.
7.
actual terms or wording; literal meaning, as distinct from implied meaning or intent (opposed to spirit): the letter of the law.
8.
letters, (used with a singular or plural verb)
a.
literature in general.
b.
the profession of literature.
c.
learning; knowledge, especially of literature.
9.
an emblem consisting of the initial or monogram of a school, awarded to a student for extracurricular activity, especially in athletics.
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verb (used with object)
10.
to mark or write with letters; inscribe.
verb (used without object)
11.
to earn a letter in an interscholastic or intercollegiate activity, especially a sport: He lettered in track at Harvard.
12.
to the letter, to the last particular; precisely: His orders were carried out to the letter.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English, variant of lettre < Old French < Latin littera alphabetic character, in plural, epistle, literature

let·ter·er, noun
let·ter·less, adjective


8. See literature.

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lettered (ˈlɛtəd)
 
adj
1.  well educated in literature, the arts, etc
2.  literate
3.  of or characterized by learning or culture
4.  printed or marked with letters

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Word Origin & History

letter
mid-12c., "graphic symbol, written character," from O.Fr. lettre, from L. littera (also litera) "letter of the alphabet," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Gk. diphthera "tablet," with change of d- to l- as in lachrymose. In this sense it replaced O.E. bocstæf,
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lit. "book staff" (cf. Ger. Buchstabe "letter, character," from O.H.G. buohstab, from P.Gmc. *bok-staba-m). The pl. litteræ in L. meant "epistle, written documents, literature," a sense first attested early 13c. in M.E., replacing O.E. ærendgewrit, lit. "errand-writing." School letter in sports, first awarded by U. of Chicago football coach Amos Alonzo Stagg.
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