n. 文人,学者(复数)

[ noun ]
the literary intelligentsia
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Literati \Lit`e*ra"ti\ (l[i^]t`[-e]*r[aum]"t[=e];
l[i^]t`[-e]*r[=a]"t[imac]), n. pl. [See {Literatus}.]
Learned or literary men. See {Literatus}.

Shakespearean commentators, and other literati.
--Craik.


Literatus \Lit`e*ra"tus\ (l[i^]t`[-e]*r[aum]"t[u^]s;
l[i^]t`[-e]*r[=a]"t[u^]s), n.; pl. {Literati}
(l[i^]t`[-e]*r[aum]"t[=e]; l[i^]t`[-e]*r[=a]"t[imac]). [L.
litteratus, literatus.]
A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; -- chiefly
used in the plural.

Now we are to consider that our bright ideal of a
literatus may chance to be maimed. --De Quincey.