erudition
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erudition
- /ˌɛɹʊˈdɪʃən/
- /ˌɛɹuˈdɪʃən/
- /ˌɛɹəˈdɪʃən/
Where it comes from
First attested in the 15th Century. From Middle French érudition, from Latin eruditio (“an instructing, learning, erudition”), from erudire (“to instruct, educate, cultivate”, literally “free from rudeness”), from e (“out”) + rudis (“rude”). By surface analysis, erudite + -ion.
noun eruditions
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Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.
Professor Archimedes Q. Porter was their only immediate anxiety. Fully assured in his own mind that his daughter had been picked up by a passing steamer, he gave over the last vestige of apprehension concerning her welfare, and devoted his giant intellect solely to the consideration of those momento
Similar: knowledge, information, learning, lore, scholarship, scholarism
- The refinement, polish and knowledge that education confers.
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noun profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship
| Español | erudición |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 박학 bakhak |
| 日本語 | 博学 hakugaku |
| 中文 | 博學 /博学 bóxué, 學識 /学识 xuéshí, 學問 /学问 xuéwèn, 學問 /学问 xuéwen |
| Português | erudição |
| Français | érudition |
| Deutsch | Belesenheit, Gelehrtheit, Bildung, Gelehrsamkeit |
| Ελληνικά | πολυμάθεια polymátheia, λογιότητα logiótita, σοφία sofía |
| Română | erudiție |
| Русский | эруди́ция erudícija, начи́танность načítannostʹ, у́мственный бага́ж úmstvennyj bagáž |
| עברית | אוֹרְיָנוּת oryanút |
Talk about this word "erudition." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/erudition. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. erudition. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/erudition "erudition." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/erudition.Cite this
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title = {erudition},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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