Definition of literature

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Literature (n.) Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.

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Academy :: Academy (n.) A society of learned men united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science; as, the French Academy; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; academies of literature and philology..
Bold :: Bold (n.) Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold..
Savant :: Savant (a.) A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements.
Dilettanteism :: Dilettanteism (n.) The state or quality of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature..
Rude :: Rude (superl.) Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language, style, and the like..
Romanticist :: Romanticist (n.) One who advocates romanticism in modern literature.
Literary :: 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..
Lettered :: Lettered (a.) Of or pertaining to learning or literature; learned.
Arabist :: Arabist (n.) One well versed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery..
Humanist :: Humanist (n.) One who purposes the study of the humanities, or polite literature..
Humanity :: Humanity (n.) Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.
Vandalism :: Vandalism (n.) The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of their monuments..
Vandal :: Vandal (n.) Hence, one who willfully destroys or defaces any work of art or literature..
Erudition :: Erudition (n.) The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship..
Belles-lettres :: Belles-lettres (n. pl.) Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.
Flavor :: Flavor (n.) That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts.
Literature :: Literature (n.) Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.
Vandal :: Vandal (n.) One of a Teutonic race, formerly dwelling on the south shore of the Baltic, the most barbarous and fierce of the northern nations that plundered Rome in the 5th century, notorious for destroying the monuments of art and literature..
Bibliology :: Bibliology (n.) The literature or doctrine of the Bible.
Veda :: Veda (n.) The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda, Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature..
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