man of letters

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A literary man; a scholar or author. dated
    — This may be accounted for largely on the ground that Cicero and Petrarch were men of the same temperament and cast of mind. They were both typical men of letters. The man of letters is intellectually alert; sensitive to impressions and able to report them; hospitable to all ideas of his time; […]

词形变化

men of letters plural

词源

Calque of French homme de lettres.
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