Erudite Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

The meaning of erudite is having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition. How to use erudite in a sentence. Login SignUp Hello, Games&Quizzes Thesaurus WordoftheDay Features BuyingGuide M-WBooks MyWordsMyWords ViewRecents Account LogOut erudite adjective SaveWord er·​u·​dite |\ˈer-ə-ˌdīt ,ˈer-yə- \ Definitionoferudite :havingorshowingknowledgethatisgainedbystudying:possessingordisplayingerudition aneruditescholar OtherWordsfromerudite Synonyms&Antonyms Didyouknow? MoreExampleSentences LearnMoreAbouterudite OtherWordsfromerudite eruditely adverb Synonyms&Antonymsforerudite Synonyms educated, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, scholarly, well-read Antonyms benighted, dark, ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unscholarly VisittheThesaurusforMore  Didyouknow? EruditederivesviaMiddleEnglish"erudite"fromLatineruditus,thepastparticipleoftheverberudire,meaning"toinstruct."Acloserlookatthatverbshowsthatitisformedbycombiningtheprefixe-,meaning"missing"or"absent,"withtheadjective"rudis,"whichmeans"rude"or"ignorant"andisalsothesourceofourwordrude.Wetypicallyusethewordrudetomean"discourteous"or"uncouth"butitcanalsomean"lackingrefinement"or"uncivilized";someonewhoiserudite,therefore,hasbeentransformedfromaroughenedoruninformedstatetoapolishedandknowledgeableonethroughadevotiontolearning. ExamplesoferuditeinaSentence Hewasn'tbashfulaboutshowinghimselftobefeverishlyerudite, …terminallydroll,andawizardphrasemaker. —SusanSontag,NewYorker,18&25June2001 …anengagingfellow:erudite,entertaining,intolerantoftrendinessandfearlesslyold-fashioned. …Hecanturnanicephrase,too. —MordecaiRichler,WallStreetJournal,2May1995 Hewaswellread,especiallyintheworksofKipling,afieldinwhichVioletcouldgivehimagame,andfromtimetotimetheywouldexchangeeruditelettersaboutKiplingcharacters. —AnthonyPowell,TheStrangersAllareGone,1982 themosteruditepeopleinmedicalresearchattendedtheconference aneruditelectureonthelatestdiscoveriesinastronomy SeeMore RecentExamplesontheWeb Wordofhisaccomplishmentsreachedaneruditeandcharismaticsheikh,whoinvitedAbbastojoinaweeklydiscussiongroupofIslamicandpoliticaltheory. — RuthMargalit,TheNewYorker,25Oct.2021 There'snodoubtthattheSwissbrand—liketheSwissitself—arepassionateaboutallthingsbeautifulanderudite,hencetheircommitmenttopreservingtheworksofthepastandthefuture. — TayloreGlynn,MarieClaire,22Oct.2021 LeaveittoParquetCourts,theever-inventive,eruditeindierockoutfit,tomakeapandemicrecordbeforethepandemic. — JonBlistein,RollingStone,15Oct.2021 TheeasternLongIslandhideawaythatHamptondecorationinthe1980sandearly1990sforGayfrydSteinbergandherhusbandSaul,thelegendaryfinancier,remainsavivaciousillustrationoftheeruditedesigner’sdoctrine. — AlexaHampton,HouseBeautiful,23Sep.2021 Vogue’sploytodrawtheeruditedesigneroutofhisbustlingEastLondonstudioforabreathoffreshairduringthefinalsprinttohisspring2022showhaspaidoff. — JuliaHobbs,Vogue,17Sep.2021 Inthepoems,thereaderencountersasophisticated,eruditewriterdedicatedtoreveringtheHindudeityVishnuinhismanyaspects. — WhitneyCox,TheNewYorkReviewofBooks,27May2021 LeaderoftheformidablecrewisChaka(YannGael),ahandsome,smartanderuditetype. — RichardKuipers,Variety,14Sep.2021 Here,Jackstandsonhisown,aneruditeandgrief-hauntedcowboywithaDartmoutheducation,atastefor17th-centuryhaikupoetryandapastinneedofforgetting. — BarbaraVandenburgh,USATODAY,23Aug.2021 Theseexamplesentencesareselectedautomaticallyfromvariousonlinenewssourcestoreflectcurrentusageoftheword'erudite.'ViewsexpressedintheexamplesdonotrepresenttheopinionofMerriam-Websteroritseditors.Sendusfeedback. SeeMore FirstKnownUseoferudite 15thcentury,inthemeaningdefinedabove HistoryandEtymologyforerudite MiddleEnglisherudit,fromLatineruditus,frompastparticipleoferudiretoinstruct,frome-+rudisrude,ignorant LearnMoreAbouterudite Shareerudite PosttheDefinitionoferuditetoFacebook SharetheDefinitionoferuditeonTwitter TimeTravelerforerudite Thefirstknownuseoferuditewas inthe15thcentury Seemorewordsfromthesamecentury ListentoOurPodcastAbouterudite ThememusicbyJoshuaStamper©2006NewJerusalemMusic/ASCAP GetWordoftheDaydeliveredtoyourinbox! SignUp FromtheEditorsatMerriam-Webster Uranus,Quinoa,andOtherTricky... Uranus,Quinoa,andOtherTrickyPronunciations 10WordsThatYou'reNotSureHowtoSay DictionaryEntriesNearerudite eruction erudite erudition SeeMoreNearbyEntries  Statisticsforerudite LastUpdated 7Nov2021 Look-upPopularity CitethisEntry “Erudite.”Merriam-Webster.comDictionary,Merriam-Webster,https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erudite.Accessed25Nov.2021. 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