erudite
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From Latin ērudītus, participle of ērudiō (“educate, train”), from e- (“out of”) + rudis (“rude, unskilled”).
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erudite (comparative more erudite, superlative most erudite)
- Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.
- 1850, 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.
- 1913, Edith Wharton, The Custom of the Country, ch. 43:
- Elmer Moffatt had been magnificent, rolling out his alternating effects of humour and pathos, stirring his audience by moving references to the Blue and the Gray, convulsing them by a new version of Washington and the Cherry Tree . . ., dazzling them by his erudite allusions and apt quotations.
- 2006, Jeff Israely, "Preaching Controversy," Time, 17 Sept.:
- Perhaps his erudite mind does not quite yet grasp how to transform his beloved scholarly explorations into effective papal politics.
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, Ch. XII:
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- See also Wikisaurus:learned
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scholarly, learned
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erudite f.
- Feminine plural form of erudito
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erudite f.
- Plural form of erudita.
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erudite
- second-person plural present indicative of erudire
- second-person plural imperative of erudire
- Feminine plural of erudito
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[edit] Latin
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From ērudītus (“educated, accomplished”)
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ērudītē (comparative ērudītius, superlative ērudītissimē)
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[edit] References
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
