erudition

[ er-yoo-dish-uhn, er-oo- ]

noun

Origin of erudition

First recorded in1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin ērudītiōn- (stem of ērudītiō ) “an instruction.” See erudite, -ion

Longtime Washington Post sports columnist Thomas Boswell announced his retirement Friday, ending a decorated 52-year career in which he chronicled the biggest moments in Washington and national sports with enthusiasm and erudition.
Washington Post sports columnist Thomas Boswell to retire after 52-year career | Scott Allen | May 7, 2021 | Washington Post
As you can see, there is plenty of erudition to go with the laughs.
Boris Johnson’s Churchill Man Crush | Michael F. Bishop | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But he shares with Foster Wallace a gift for exactitude, erudition, and moral concern.
Charles D’Ambrosio’s X-Ray Vision Is On Full Display In His New Essay Collection. | Steve Almond | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Iyer employs a terrific combination of erudition and absurdity that calls to mind the great postmodernists.
Lars Iyer’s ‘Wittgenstein Jr.’ Plumbs the Deep Fun of Philosophical Fiction | Drew Smith | October 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Anderson carries his erudition lightly, but there's enough scholarship there to make an academic proud.
T.E. Lawrence Rides Again in Scott Anderson’s New History | Melik Kaylan | August 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

I respect Rabbi Yosef's erudition and his brave and sometimes iconoclastic halakhic (Jewish legal) writings.
A Confession on the Ninth of Av | Samuel Lebens | July 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
But it was neither his talents as a diplomatist, nor his remarkable mind, nor his solid erudition, which made Nicot immortal.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
Charity had picked up enough of her companion's erudition to understand what had attracted him to the house.
Summer | Edith Wharton
A good man, and a scholar of rare erudition, he possessed nevertheless the true temper of a bigot.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
There is no erudition, no sublime thought, nor any production which surpasses the ordinary capacities of the human mind.
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean Meslier
He was a man of great erudition, and there need be no hesitation in accepting this extraordinary prayer as genuine.
The Myths of the New World | Daniel G. Brinton

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