erudite

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 2 Italian 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Noun 2.3 Verb 3 Latin 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Adverb 3.2.1 Related terms 3.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin ērudītus, participle of ērudiō (“‘educate, train’”), from e- + rudis ‘rude, unskilled’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɛr.(j)ʊ.daɪt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɛr.(j)u.daɪt/, IPA: /'ɛr.(j)ə.daɪt/
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[edit] Adjective

erudite

1. learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.

[edit] Quotations

• 1820 — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Ch. XII

  At all events, if it involved any secret information in regard to old Roger Chillingworth, it was in a tongue unknown to the erudite clergyman, and did but increase the bewilderment of his mind.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:learned

[edit] Related terms

• eruditely
• erudition

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

erudite f.

1. Feminine plural form of erudito

[edit] Noun

erudite f.

1. Plural form of erudita.

[edit] Verb

erudite

1. Second-person plural present tense of erudire.
2. Second-person plural imperative of erudire.
3. Feminine plural of erudito.

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From ērudītus (“‘educated, accomplished’”)

[edit] Adverb

ērudītē (comparative ērudītius, superlative ērudītissimē)

1. learnedly, with erudition

[edit] Related terms

• ērudiō
• ērudītiō
• ērudītulus
• ērudītus

[edit] References

• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)