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erudite

[ er-yoo-dahyt, er-oo- ]

adjective

  1. characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly:

    an erudite professor; an erudite commentary.

    Synonyms: sapient, wise, knowledgeable, educated



erudite

/ ˌɛrʊˈdɪʃən; ˈɛrʊˌdaɪt /

adjective

  1. having or showing extensive scholarship; learned
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • erudition, noun
  • ˈeruˌditely, adverb
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Other Words From

  • eru·ditely adverb
  • eru·diteness noun
  • non·eru·dite adjective
  • non·eru·ditely adverb
  • non·eru·diteness noun
  • un·eru·dite adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of erudite1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin ērudītus, equivalent to ērud(ē)- ( ē- intensive prefix + rud- “unformed, rough, rude”) + -ītus adjective suffix; e- 1, rude, -ite 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of erudite1

C15: from Latin ērudītus, from ērudīre to polish, from ex- 1+ rudis unpolished, rough
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Example Sentences

The Scripps National Spelling Bee, the annual competition that challenges erudite children and teenagers to spell some of the most obscure entries in the dictionary, will begin its final round on Thursday.

Shivkumar is a big thinker, an erudite physician quick with an apt quotation, whose Westwood office is stacked with Sanskrit volumes of the Mahabharata alongside books about late Bruins basketball coach John Wooden.

Viewers enjoyed the dignified combination of MacNeil, who spoke in a clipped, erudite manner; and Lehrer, a Kansas native with a soft heartland drawl.

It was also an erudite and satirical parable of the Cold War, in which campuses of a divided university confronted each other in hostility and mutual deterrence.

Birth was Boston — not the erudite one but a namesake village in upstate New York.

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