Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Characterized by erudition; learned. See Synonyms at learned.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Instructed; taught; learned; deeply read.
- Characterized by erudition.
- n. A learned person.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having or showing profound knowledge
Etymologies
- From Latin ērudītus, participle of ērudiō ("educate, train"), from e- ("out of") + rudis ("rude, unskilled"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English erudit, from Latin ērudītus, past participle of ērudīre, to instruct : ē-, ex-, ex- + rudis, rough, untaught; see rude. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Your level of education is exemplified by your opening sentence in your post #605 as follows: "Dude - I didn't say that …" Now, that's what I call erudite - or not.”
“BTW, to prove that DLR/Diz Grace are both morons, erudite is an adjective, not a verb.”
“In comparison with her, a woman, I might have been called erudite and well-informed.”
“As a teacher, while he could not be called erudite, he was uncommonly interesting and inspiring.”
“Victor Allen Crawford III, perhaps better known as the erudite Lord Breaulove Swells Whimsy, lives his life in miniature. by Brian James Kirk”
“In it, Laurel got to show off her newest series of paintings, ink and watercolor drawings, sculptures and other works - all of which have been described as erudite, evil, haunting, mysterious, beautiful and charming (read an interview of Laurel in the DCist here).”
“And Jacobi is, well, Jacobi, which is to say erudite, charming, and perfectly at ease in both of his roles.”
“Those who are more "erudite" have more "erudite" visitors and commenters who are less likely to engage in useless "fighting".”
“The first thing I did when I got home was look up "erudite" in the dictionary.”
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“Ms. Lloyd leaves us with a false choice between two extremes -- a discredited notion of "mastery" and a kind of erudite nihilism, according to which human freedom is an illusion and we must accommodate ourselves to necessity.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘erudite’.
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Test Prep or Just for fun
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mete, ire, bane, bilk, boor, elan, ado, toil, onus, aberration, abstruse, anomaly and 401 more...
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GRE Barron's 800
abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abject, abjure, abscission, abscond, abstemious, abstinence, abysmal, accretion and 787 more...
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501
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abhor, mirth, obtuse, iota, vex, irk, teem, pith, moot, mete, ire, bane and 401 more...
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GRE 2014
abate, abdicate, abase, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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aberration, abstruse, anomaly, assiduous, august, banal, boisterous, dulcet, epitome, impudent, insolent, mellifluous and 401 more...
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bane, bilk, boor, elan, ado, toil, onus, aberration, abstruse, anomaly, assiduous, august and 401 more...
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These come from gamma meditation ,I think.
discursive, exogenous, machinations, purportedly, sumptuous, congruity, cantankerous, incongruous, festoon, hessian, ratiocinative, stratigraphic and 2053 more...
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Philosophic , etymology
every major discipline has uniquely developed esoteric nomenclature to facilitate interdisciplinary dissemination
quale , qualia, elegy, tacet, lexicon, annunciate, caste, eros, contrive, purlicue, irony, venacular, dilapidate and 569 more...
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pedantic words
Busie old foole, unruly Sunne,..Sawcy pedantique wretch, goe chide Late schooleboyes.
pedagogic, schoolmasterly, academic, bookish, donnish, dry as dust, dryasdust, pedantic, erudite, formal, inkhorn, learned and 65 more...
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Lolita
Marat, diaphanous, stolid, inveigle, moll, domicile, pugilist, indigent, corpulent, erudite, coruscate, ameliorate and 16 more...
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GRE Practice
coruscate, preternatural, preclude, retrench, perfidy, sophistry, sedulous, martinet, churlish, dissembler, prevarication, impugn and 38 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1901 more...
Tweets
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erudite This is obviously my favorite word. Apr 22, 2011
seanahan That's a particularly unerudite way to learn it. May 26, 2009
ambyellen I learned this word thanks to Flight of the Conchords May 23, 2009
elgiad007 Aphrodite's brainy sister. Nov 10, 2008