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Webster 1913 Edition


erudite

er′u-dite

(ĕr′ū̍-dīt; 135)
,
Adj.
[L.
eruditus
, p. p. of
erudire
to free from rudeness, to polish, instruct;
e
out +
rudis
rude: cf. F.
érudit
. See
Rude
.]
Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned.
“A most erudite prince.”
Sir T. More.
Erudite . . . theology.”
I. Taylor.
er′u-diteˊly
,
adv.
er′u-diteˊness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Erudite

ER'UDITE

,
Adj.
[L. eruditus, from erudio, to instruct.
Instructed; taught; learned.

Definition 2024


erudite

erudite

See also: érudite

English

Adjective

erudite (comparative more erudite, superlative most erudite)

  1. 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.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:learned

Related terms

Translations

Noun

erudite (plural erudites)

  1. A learned or scholarly person.

Italian

Adjective

erudite

  1. feminine plural of erudito

Noun

erudite f

  1. plural of erudita

Verb

erudite

  1. second-person plural present indicative of erudire
  2. second-person plural imperative of erudire
  3. feminine plural of erudito

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

From ērudītus (educated, accomplished)

Adverb

ērudītē (comparable ērudītius, superlative ērudītissimē)

  1. learnedly, with erudition

Related terms

  • ērudiō
  • ērudītiō
  • ērudītulus
  • ērudītus

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)