Definition of literary

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Literary (a.) Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man..

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L''envoy :: L'envoy (n.) One or more detached verses at the end of a literary composition, serving to convey the moral, or to address the poem to a particular person; -- orig. employed in old French poetry..
Plagiary :: Plagiary (n.) Plagiarism; literary thief.
Reading :: Reading (n.) Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading..
Lucubration :: Lucubration (n.) That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.
Rosary :: Rosary (n.) A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections..
Literate :: Literate (n.) A literary man.
Study :: Study (v. i.) A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work.
Sanskrit :: Sanskrit (n.) The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda..
Coterie :: Coterie (n.) A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique..
Appendix :: Appendix (n.) Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies..
Blue :: Blue (superl.) Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.
Athenaeum :: Athenaeum (n.) A literary or scientific association or club.
Writer :: Writer (n.) One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels..
Piece :: Piece (n.) A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary..
Prakrit :: Prakrit (n.) Any one of the popular dialects descended from, or akin to, Sanskrit; -- in distinction from the Sanskrit, which was used as a literary and learned language when no longer spoken by the people. Pali is one of the Prakrit dialects..
Oracle :: Oracle (n.) Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle..
Academical :: Academical (a.) Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific..
Text :: Text (n.) Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme..
Literature :: Literature (n.) The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work..
Book :: Book (n.) A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of Paradise Lost..
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