LITERATURE
ADJECTIVES
► HIGH-SEASONED of literature: somewhat lewd, obscene → 19C
► OMNILEGENT reading everything; acquainted with all or a very great amount of literature; addicted to much reading → 1890
NOUNS
► BUM FODDER worthless or inferior literature; any written or printed material that is seen as useless, tedious, or unnecessary → 1654
► CHICK LIT literature directed at young women; literature written by women → 1993 US sl.
► EYE OF THE WORLD literature → 19C
► GOOD LETTERS book-learning, letters; the profession of literature, authorship → c1532 obs.
► LIT literature → M19
► MUSES, THE the liberal arts; polite literature, belles-lettres → 1582
► QUILLDOM the province of literature → 1891
NOUNS – PERSON
► BAWDY-BASKET a hawker of indecent literature → 1567
► MAECENAS a generous patron of literature or art → c1561
VERBS
► LITERATISE ► LITERATIZE to make into literature → 1910
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