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literati

[lit-uh-rah-tee] / ˌlɪt əˈrɑ ti /


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But not for long, if a coalition of legislators, scientists, business owners, artists and Florida literati has its way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

On recent travels, she taught in Paris at a New York University summer school program, mingled with New York City’s glittery literati and gave readings around the world.

From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

In the world of literature, for example, authors who are “othered” outside of the elite literati typically are boxed into othering themselves just to parlay their creativity into a career.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2023

Unlike, for example, the 1983 list, which now looks like a defining picture of the London literati, the judges believe the 2023 list is more representative of British society as a whole.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2023

He supped at half-past nine with his favorite literati, and at twelve the king went to bed.—Communication from David Vedder, in the Glasgow Citizen.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various

British critics have just discovered "a major dramatist" who turns out to be that old literatus of the libido, David Herbert Lawrence.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had outlived his pre-Civil War hopefulness, but he was still capable only of vague "orbic" statements about the leadership of "the divine literatus," and preached once again "his old back-to-nature illusion."

From Time Magazine Archive

He is still living in Indianapolis, on a street with the glorious name of Meridian, and never was Princeton more conscious of him as her leading literatus.

From Time Magazine Archive

For Mae, who fancies herself no end as a literatus and has always jealously insisted on authoring her own scripts, this time took a tip from Producer Cowan.

From Time Magazine Archive

This species is closely allied to the M. literatus of Brullé; but it differs too much, I think, to be identical with it.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various


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