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Words relating to books

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bildungsroman
longueur
peripeteia
locus classicus
litterateur

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PRONUNCIATION:

(lit-uhr-uh-TUR, lit-ruh-)

MEANING:

noun: An author of literary or critical works.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French littérateur, from Latin litterator (teacher of letters, grammarian, critic), from litterae (letters, literature), from littera (letter). Earliest documented use: 1806.

USAGE:

“No major English cemetery would be complete without its poets and litterateurs.”
Carolyn Lyons; A Visit to London’s Cemeteries; Los Angeles Times; Mar 17, 2013.

See more usage examples of litterateur in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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