literate /litˈə-rət or -it/

1. Able to read and write
2. Learned, scholarly
3. Having a competence in or with (often used as combining form, as in computer-literate)

1. A person who is literate
2. An educated person without a university degree, esp a candidate for priestly orders, or formerly a woman holding a certificate from St Andrews University (LLA Lady Literate in Arts)

litˈeracy noun

The condition of being literate

litˈerately adverb

literati /-äˈtē/ plural noun (sing literāˈtus (or /-äˈ/) (Latin) or literato /-äˈtō/ (Italy))

Men and women of letters, the learned

literāˈtim (or /-äˈ/) adverb

1. Letter for letter
2. Without the change of a letter

literāˈtion noun

The representation of sounds by letters

litˈerātor noun

1. A dabbler in learning
2. A person of letters, a literary person

litˈerose adjective

Affectedly or spuriously literary

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