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/lɪtəˈɹɑːtəs/ · noun
(chiefly in the plural) A learned person; especially one acquainted with literature..
Now, we are to consider that our bright ideal of a literatus may chance to be married,—in fact, Mr. [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge agrees to allow him a wife.
Use literatus when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Literatus means (chiefly in the plural) A learned person; especially one acquainted with literature..
Common synonyms include literato.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Now, we are to consider that our bright ideal of a literatus may chance to be married,—in fact, Mr. [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge agrees to allow him a wife.
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