Definition of literature

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Literature (n.) Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.

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Literature :: Literature (n.) The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work..
Classic :: Classic (n.) One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature..
Dilettanteism :: Dilettanteism (n.) The state or quality of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature..
Bold :: Bold (n.) Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold..
Literatus :: Literatus (n.) A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Unread :: Unread (a.) Not versed in literature; illiterate.
Academician :: Academician (n.) A member of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, as of the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of arts..
Ancient :: Ancient (a.) Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days..
Arabist :: Arabist (n.) One well versed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery..
Literature :: Literature (n.) Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.
Classical :: Classical (n.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds..
Literate :: Literate (a.) Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered..
Drama :: Drama (n.) Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.
Illiterature :: Illiterature (n.) Want of learning; illiteracy.
Lettered :: Lettered (a.) Of or pertaining to learning or literature; learned.
Romantic :: Romantic (a.) Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style; as, the romantic school of poets..
Revival :: Revival (n.) Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature..
Celtic :: Celtic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue..
Revival :: Revival (n.) Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature..
Maurist :: Maurist (n.) A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of the Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their interest in literature..
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