erudite
adjective
characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly.
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
And in this respect, Dante's excellence is very great, and may be contrasted with the idiosyncracies of some meritorious modern poets, who attempt an eruditeness, the result of particular feelings.
From Literary Remains, Volume 1 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge