erudite
knowledgeable
TRANSLATION
erudite = gebildet, gelehrt erudition = die Gelehrsamkeit --- GOOGLE INDEX erudite: approximately 2,200,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Bernard Bavink is an ERUDITE German scholar, learned in both science and philosophy, a lecturer and an author who has written several books:
(New York Times, Sep 1934)
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When she had been here four or five weeks she was already ERUDITE in military things, and they made her an officer…
(A Horse's Tale, by Mark Twain)
(New York Times, Sep 1934)
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When she had been here four or five weeks she was already ERUDITE in military things, and they made her an officer…
(A Horse's Tale, by Mark Twain)
Did you
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erudite
adjective
- having or showing knowledge or learning
noun
erudition
(Compact Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press 2009)
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WORD ORIGIN
One might like to be erudite but hesitate to be rude. This preference is supported by the etymological relationship between erudite and rude. Erudite comes from the Latin adjective rudtus, "well-instructed, learned," from the past participle of the verb rudre, "to educate, train."
The verb is in turn formed from the prefix ex–, "out, out of," and the adjective rudis, "untaught, untrained," the source of our word rude. The English word erudite is first recorded in a work possibly written before 1425 with the senses "instructed, learned." Erudite meaning "learned" is supposed to have become rare except in sarcastic use during the latter part of the 19th century, but the word now seems to have been restored to favour.
Erudite is typically associated with scholars and teachers, but it doesn't have to be limited to the world of academics. Stephen Eckett, in his book "500 of the Most Witty, Acerbic and Erudite Things Ever Said About Money," makes this point very well. Here are a few examples:
"October is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. Other dangerous months are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February." (Mark Twain)
"The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do." (investor Warren Buffett)
(sources: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language)
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SYNONYMS
brainy, cultivated, educated, highbrow, in the know, into, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, savvy, scholarly, scholastic, studious, well-read, wise
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"He is very erudite in matters of modern history."
adjective
- having or showing knowledge or learning
noun
erudition
(Compact Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press 2009)
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WORD ORIGIN
One might like to be erudite but hesitate to be rude. This preference is supported by the etymological relationship between erudite and rude. Erudite comes from the Latin adjective rudtus, "well-instructed, learned," from the past participle of the verb rudre, "to educate, train."
The verb is in turn formed from the prefix ex–, "out, out of," and the adjective rudis, "untaught, untrained," the source of our word rude. The English word erudite is first recorded in a work possibly written before 1425 with the senses "instructed, learned." Erudite meaning "learned" is supposed to have become rare except in sarcastic use during the latter part of the 19th century, but the word now seems to have been restored to favour.
Erudite is typically associated with scholars and teachers, but it doesn't have to be limited to the world of academics. Stephen Eckett, in his book "500 of the Most Witty, Acerbic and Erudite Things Ever Said About Money," makes this point very well. Here are a few examples:
"October is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. Other dangerous months are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February." (Mark Twain)
"The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do." (investor Warren Buffett)
(sources: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language)
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SYNONYMS
brainy, cultivated, educated, highbrow, in the know, into, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, savvy, scholarly, scholastic, studious, well-read, wise
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"He is very erudite in matters of modern history."
