literatuer

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪtəɹətjʊə(ɹ)/

literatuer (usually uncountable, plural literatuers)

1. Obsolete spelling of literature
   • 1850 April, The Western Journal, volume 4, number 1, M. Tarver and T.F. Risk, →OCLC, page 63:

     But, that instead of the emulation or competition being for the mere acquisition of individual money or property, it would be that noble and generous emulation—to excel in the useful arts, the sciences, literatuer and moral excellence.

   • 1895, John Pentland Mahaffy, A History of Classical Greek Literature, volume 1, part 1, Macmillan and Company, →OCLC, page 142:

     Empedocles is one of the most curious and striking figures in Greek literatuer, for he combined the characters of soothsayer, magician and mystic with those of an earnest and positive speculator, who first attempted a mechanical explanation of nature.

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

• literateur, literature