Definition of Lettered

1. Adjective. Highly educated; having extensive information or understanding. "A knowledgeable audience"


Definition of Lettered

1. a. Literate; educated; versed in literature.

Definition of Lettered

1. Adjective. Literate (able to read writing in letters). ¹

2. Adjective. Educated, especially having a degree (entitled to put an abbreviation such as BS, MA, PhD, MD after a signature). ¹

3. Verb. (simple past of letter) ¹

4. Verb. (past participle of letter) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lettered

1. letter [v] - See also: letter

Medical Definition of Lettered

1. 1. Literate; educated; versed in literature. " Are you not lettered?" "The unlettered barbarians willingly accepted the aid of the lettered clergy, still chiefly of Roman birth, to reduce to writing the institutes of their forefathers." (Milman) 2. Of or pertaining to learning or literature; learned. " A lettered education." 3. Inscribed or stamped with letters. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lettered

letter writer
letteral
letterals
letterboard
letterboards
letterbomb
letterbombs
letterbox
letterboxed
letterboxer
letterboxers
letterboxes
letterboxing
letterboxings
lettercard
lettered (current term)
letterer
letterer-siwe disease
letterers
letterform
letterforms
letterhead
letterheads
lettering
letterings
letterless
letterlike
letterman
lettermen
lettern

Literary usage of Lettered

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition ...by Thomas Kerchever Arnold by Thomas Kerchever Arnold (1844)
"6d. cloth lettered. Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 8 vols. 8vo. ... 4s. roan lettered. Greig's Young Lady's Guide to Arithmetic. ..."

2. Principles of the Law of Nations: With Practical Notes and Supplementary by Archer Polson, Thomas Hartwell Horne (1859)
"6d., cloth lettered, " The beat work on Turkey with which we are ... 6d., cloth lettered, FGS, Deputy Reader in Geology in the University of Oxford. ..."

3. Social life of the Chinese: With Some Account of Their Religious by Justus Doolittle (1866)
"Reverence for lettered Paper: Baskets and Furnaces for lettered Paper. ... Ashes of lettered Paper, how treated.—Scale of Merit and Demerit. ..."

4. Notes of a Traveller on the Social and Political State of France, Prussia by Samuel Laing (1842)
"12s. cloth lettered. THE HISTORY OF GREECE. By the Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP of ST. ... 10s. cloth lettered. The Introductory Treatise, intended as an ..."

5. A Manual of Photography by Robert Hunt (1854)
"6d., cloth lettered, " With thii book at hand, we don't think it possible ... 6d., cloth lettered, " The most readable book on the subject in our language. ..."

6. Lives of Philosophers of the Time of George III. by Henry Brougham Brougham and Vaux (1855)
"6d., cloth lettered. Metallurgy. A Practical Treatise on the Chemistry of the Metals. ... 6U, cloth lettered, History of the Roman Empire. By the late THOS. ..."

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