erudition

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No list of this kind would be complete without mention of Novella d'Andrea, who was perhaps the best known of all these learned women, for to her erudition was added a most marvellous beauty which alone would have been sufficient, perhaps, to hand her name down to posterity.

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  1. noun Deep, extensive learning. See Synonyms at knowledge.

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  • Be that as it may, Sam's arguments were always made with great force, erudition, and persuasiveness. —  Robert Amsterdam
  • Subsequent generations of critics have valued his work for its resistance to fascism, its individualism, erudition, and philosophical sophistication. —  PoetryFoundation.org
  • So I'm going to repost it here, too, so that my erudition isn't lost in the ether. —  Planet Apache
  • Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus demands dedication, erudition, and practice. —  1UP RSS feed
  • No list of this kind would be complete without mention of Novella d'Andrea, who was perhaps the best known of all these learned women, for to her erudition was added a most marvellous beauty which alone would have been sufficient, perhaps, to hand her name down to posterity. —  Women of the Romance Countries
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  1. = French érudition = Spanish erudicion = Portuguese erudição = Italian erudizione, from Latin eruditio(n-), an instructing, learning, erudition, from erudire, instruct: see erudite.
 

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