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Literati
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example Sentences
- The literati sent out their minions to do their bidding.
- The back-and-forth nonetheless started a debate among the literati about language and heritage.
- First the visionaries sketched it out, then the computer literati caught on.
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Word Origin & History
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.
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