literati (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[literati 词源字典]
"men and women of letters; the learned class as a whole," 1620s, from Latin literati/litterati, plural of literatus/litteratus "lettered" (see literate). The proper singular would be literatus, though Italian literato (1704) sometimes is used.[literati etymology, literati origin, 英语词源]