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culturati

noun
/ˌkʌlt͡ʃəˈɹɑti/

Etymology

Blend of culture + literati.

  1. borrowed from līterātī
  2. compounded as culturati — “culture + literati”

Definitions

  1. Well-educated people who are interested in cultural activities.

    • The Club became like town meetings for the entire New York art scene, attracting dealers, collectors, uptown curators like Alfred Barr, critics, and just about any other culturati who could wrangle their way in.
    • Instead of letting WQXR disappear into the maw of sports talk or a top-40 juggernaut, the transaction ensures that New York City —— so often pointed to by its culturati as a music capital —— will have at least one classical outlet.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for culturati. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA