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

literosˈity noun

• whimberries
• whimberry
• whimbrel
• whimbrels
• whimmed
• whimmier
• whimmiest
• whimming
• whimmy
• whimper
• whimpered
• whimperer
• whimperers
• whimpering
• whimperingly
• whimperings
• whimpers
• whimple
• whimpled
• whimples
• whimpling
• whims
• whimsey
• whimseys
• whimsical