erudite
pronunciation
How to pronounce erudite in British English:
UK [ˈerudaɪt]
How to pronounce erudite in American English:
US [ˈɛrjəˌdaɪt, ˈɛrə-]
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- Adjective:
- having or showing profound knowledge
Word Origin
- erudite
- erudite: [15] To be erudite is literally to be the opposite of ‘rude’. Latin rudis (source of English rude) meant ‘rough, unpolished’, and so ērudīre, a compound verb formed with the prefix ex- ‘out of, from’, signified ‘take the roughness out of’, hence ‘polish, teach’. Its past participle formed the basis of an adjective, ērudītus ‘(well) taught’, which as borrowed into English has acquired the greater gravitas of ‘learned’.=> rude
- erudite (adj.)
- early 15c., "learned, well-instructed," from Latin eruditus "learned, accomplished, well-informed," past participle of erudire "to educate, teach, instruct, polish," literally "to bring out of the rough," from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + rudis "unskilled, rough, unlearned" (see rude). Related: Eruditely.
Example
- 1. There 's also the intrinsic pleasure you get from boosting your knowledge and becoming more erudite .
- 2. One erudite associate professor spoke up : " you 're telling us that no matter how busy we are we can always squeeze a bit more into our schedule . "
- 3. Erudite road and yulu road intersection .
- 4. An erudite fool is a greater fool than an ignorant fool .
- 5. True , the iphone 's screen isn 't well suited to reading a whole play , but this app is handy as a reference tool or if you need to settle an erudite pub argument .