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literary | litterateuse |

As an adjective literary

is relating to literature.

As a noun litterateuse is

a female literary writer; an authoress of literature.

literary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Relating to literature.
    • literary''' fame; a '''literary''' history; '''literary conversation
  • * Johnson
    • He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.
  • Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
    • a literary man
  • * Mason
    • in the literary as well as fashionable world
  • Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
  • Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
  • Bookish.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * literary criticism * literary device * literary form * literary genre * literary technique * literary theory

    Related terms

    * letter * literal * literacy * literate * literature

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    litterateuse

    English

    Noun

  • A female literary writer; an authoress of literature.
  • * 2008 , Matthew Dennison, The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria’s Youngest Daughter , page 73:
    • [T]he Queen henceforth considered herself an author, her Highland home not merely a peaceful retreat but the inspiration for a litterateuse .