erudite
See also: érudite
English
Etymology
From Latin ērudītus, participle of ērudiō (“educate, train”), from e- (“out of”) + rudis (“rude, unskilled”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
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:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:learned
Related terms
Translations
scholarly, learned
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Noun
erudite (plural erudites)
- a learned or scholarly person
Italian
Adjective
erudite f pl
- (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective erudito.
Noun
erudite f pl
Verb
erudite
- second-person plural present indicative of erudire
- second-person plural imperative of erudire
- feminine plural past participle of erudire
- feminine plural past participle of erudirsi
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From ērudītus (“educated, accomplished”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eː.ruˈdiː.teː/, [eːrʊˈd̪iːt̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.ruˈdi.te/, [eruˈd̪iːt̪e]
Adverb
ērudītē (comparative ērudītius, superlative ērudītissimē)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Inflected forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eː.ruˈdiː.te/, [eːrʊˈd̪iːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.ruˈdi.te/, [eruˈd̪iːt̪e]
Participle
(deprecated template usage) ērudīte
References
- “erudite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
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