Definition of Literery
Lit"er*a*ry (l&ibreve;t"&etilde;r*&asl;*r&ybreve;),
a. [L. litterarius, literarius, fr.
littera, litera, a letter: cf. F.
littéraire. See Letter.]
1. Of or pertaining to letters or literature;
pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a
literary history; literary conversation.
He has long outlived his century, the term commonly
fixed as the test of literary merit.
Johnson.
2. Versed in, or acquainted with, literature;
occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature
or with men of letters; as, a literary man.
In the literary as well as fashionable
world. Mason.
Literary property. (a)
Property which consists in written or printed compositions.
(b) The exclusive right of publication as
recognized and limited by law.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Relating to literature.
- Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
- Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
- Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
- Bookish.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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