What does erudite mean in English? Meaning of erudite definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "erudite": having or showing profound knowledge
Adjective
Meaning: having or showing profound knowledgeExample: a learned jurist
an erudite professorSynonyms: erudite
learnedSimilar: scholarlyPronunciation in US: /ˈɛr.(j)u.daɪt/, IPA(key)
Adjective: 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.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:
knowledgeable, literate, scholarly, brainy, educated, highbrow, into, learned, lettered, savvy, studious, well-read, cultivated, scholastic, in the know, wise up,
Antonyms:
uneducated, ignorant, uncultured, common,
