literato

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English

Etymology

From Italian literato.[1] Doublet of literate and literatus.

Noun

literato (plural literati)

  1. singular of literati

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References

  1. ^ “literato, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

līterātō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of līterātus

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin litterātus. Doublet of letrado.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liteˈɾato/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: li‧te‧ra‧to

Noun

literato m (plural literatos, feminine literata, feminine plural literatas)

  1. literatus, man of letters
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 63:
      Llama la atención que esta curiosa leyenda no haya interesado todavía a los tradicionalistas americanos. Hasta ahora, no sé de otro que la haya hecho objeto de un libro histórico, que el ameno literato español don Ciro Bayo, autor de Los Césares de la Patagonia.
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