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

• eruditely
• erudition

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

• deuteri
• udirete

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)