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Letterit, p.p. and a. Also: letteryt, lettiret, -ed; lettryd, -yt. [ME. and e.m.E. lettrede (1303), -id etc., lettered (14th c.), f. Letter n.] Lettered, literate, educated, learned. a1400 Leg. S. xxvii. 957.
Twa of Irland That … sum dele letteryt ware c1420 Wynt. v. 1298.
A welle lettryd man hewes Ib. 1508, etc. 1456 Hay I. 100/18. Ib. II. 288/4.
Symple folk that ar nocht letterit folk 1478 Grey Friars II. 14.
Gif thai be letterit [to say] the De Profundis 1531 Bell. Boece I. 198.
Deliting in doctrine of letterit men 1535 Stewart 41291. a1568 Scott i. 52. 1561 St. A. Kirk S. I. 127.
He is nocht letterit nor can reid 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 98.
Sik twa honest and cunning letterit men … will be … neuer sene to come of ane … familie 1596 Dalr. I. 266 [see Letter n. 8 (2)]. Ib. II. 470/15.
A young man verie weil lettired and learned
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