erudite
- characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: an erudite professor; an erudite commentary.
Origin of erudite
Related Words for erudite
knowledgeable, literate, scholarly, brainy, educated, highbrow, into, learned, lettered, savvy, studious, well-read, cultivated, scholasticExamples from the Web for erudite
Contemporary Examples of erudite
The gentle, erudite soul within a body the public considered an oddity is the contrast at the heart of “The Elephant Man.”
Patricia Clarkson gets to show off both as the woman who becomes fascinated with the erudite monster.
Fall Broadway Preview: 'This Is Our Youth,' Bradley Cooper as ‘The Elephant Man,' and MoreJanice Kaplan
September 11, 2014
Erudite is trying to wrestle control of the government away from Abnegation via nefarious schemes.
Exclusive: Shailene Woodley On ‘Divergent,’ J. Law, and Why She Turned Down ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’Marlow Stern
March 7, 2014
But unlike Bloom and Eagleton, his books have been, while erudite and incisive, unashamedly populist.
That is the persuasive central argument of American Zion, the erudite new book by Eran Shalev.
Historical Examples of erudite
And the method of manufacture is then explained by the erudite doctor.
StoryologyBenjamin Taylor
The gift of languages was one which the erudite doctor did not possess.
Poisoned AirSterner St. Paul Meek
Like Dr. Schliemann he was no erudite savant, but an enthusiast with an eye for likely sites.
The Clyde MysteryAndrew Lang
An erudite spirit truly, and an eloquent pen; yet he refines too much.
AlroyBenjamin Disraeli
Instances are abundant of erudite rabbis tormented by their wives.
Jewish Literature and Other EssaysGustav Karpeles
erudite
- having or showing extensive scholarship; learned