literant
(LIH tur ent)
adj. pertaining to purely verbal literature which is written or
otherwise put into a form which only literate people can decipher;
antonym: "oral." Distinguished from "written" literature in that the
latter need not be entirely verbal--can include visual poems, for
example.
otherwise put into a form which only literate people can decipher;
antonym: "oral." Distinguished from "written" literature in that the
latter need not be entirely verbal--can include visual poems, for
example.
Origin: [From "literary" and "literate."][rec'd October 22, 1989]