Definition of literary

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Literary (a.) Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man..

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Lyceum :: Lyceum (n.) An association for debate and literary improvement.
Book :: Book (n.) A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of Paradise Lost..
Illustration :: Illustration (n.) A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
Cento :: Cento (n.) A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.
Redact :: Redact (v. t.) To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit..
Plagiary :: Plagiary (n.) Plagiarism; literary thief.
Article :: Article (n.) A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia..
Person :: Person (n.) A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character..
Annual :: Annual (n.) A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
Blue :: Blue (superl.) Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking.
Scribbler :: Scribbler (n.) One who scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation; a literary hack.
Litterateur :: Litterateur (n.) One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a literatus.
Canvas :: Canvas (n.) A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make..
Literati :: Literati (n. pl.) Learned or literary men. See Literatus.
Piece :: Piece (n.) A literary or artistic composition; as, a piece of poetry, music, or statuary..
Pursuit :: Pursuit (v. t.) Course of business or occupation; continued employment with a view to same end; as, mercantile pursuits; a literary pursuit..
Elaborate :: Elaborate (v. t.) To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work..
Facture :: Facture (n.) The act or manner of making or doing anything; -- now used of a literary, musical, or pictorial production..
Bookcraft :: Bookcraft (n.) Authorship; literary skill.
Lucubration :: Lucubration (n.) That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.
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