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lit⋅e⋅ra⋅ti
[lit-uh-rah-tee, -rey-] 
–plural noun, singular -ra⋅tus [-rah-tuh
s, -rey-] .
[-rah-tuhs, -rey-] . | persons of scholarly or literary attainments; intellectuals. |
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| lit·er·a·ti (lĭt'ə-rä'tē) pl.n. The literary intelligentsia. [Latin litterātī, līterātī, pl. of litterātus, literate; see literate.] |
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literati
"men and women of letters; the learned class as a whole," 1621, from L. lit(t)erati, pl. of lit(t)eratus "lettered" (see literate). The proper sing. would be literatus, though It. literato (1704) sometimes is used.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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