having or showing profound knowledge
adjective (modifies a noun)
more erudite
most erudite
an erudite professor
Latin eruditus, past participle of erudire "to educate, teach, instruct,...
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having or showing extensive scholarship; learned (6 of 475 words, 9 usage examples, pronunciation)
came into Middle English from Latin. A scholar is erudite when instruction and reading followed by digestion and contemplation have effaced all rudeness, that is to say smoothed away all raw, untrained incivility. Common usage has blurred the... (38 of 304 words)
having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying; possessing or displaying erudition (13 of 256 words, 3 usage examples, pronunciation)
Characterized by erudition; learned. (4 of 159 words, pronunciation)
having or showing great knowledge or learning (7 of 65 words, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books. (9 of 45 words, 3 usage examples, pronunciations)
someone who is erudite has a lot of knowledge because they have read or studied a lot (17 of 41 words, pronunciation)
having or showing a wide knowledge gained from reading; learned; scholarly (11 of 39 words, pronunciation)
having or containing a lot of specialist knowledge (8 of 31 words, 2 usage examples, pronunciations)
characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly. (7 of 19 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
having or showing great knowledge gained from study and reading (10 of 41 words, pronunciation)
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First use: early 15th century
Origin: Latin eruditus, past participle of erudire "to educate, teach, instruct, polish", literally "to bring out of the rough", from ex- ... (23 of 28 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English erudit from Latin eruditus, past participle of erudire, to instruct, literally, free from roughness from e-, out + rudis, "rude"
First use: 15th century
Origin: Middle English erudit, from Latin eruditus, from past participle of erudire to instruct, from e- + rudis rude, ignorant
Origin: Middle English erudit, from Latin ērudītus, past participle of ērudīre, to instruct: ē-, ex-, ex- + rudis, rough, untaught; see "rude".
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin eruditus, past participle of erudire "instruct, train" (based on rudis "rude, untrained")
First use: 15th century
Origin: from Latin ērudītus, from ērudīre to polish, from ex-1 + rudis unpolished, rough
Origin: Latin ērudītus, participle of ērudiō ("educate, train"), from e- ("out of") + rudis ("rude, unskilled").
First use: 15th century
Origin: Latin erudit-, past participle of erudire "instruct" from rudis "untrained"
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