erudition
pronunciation
How to pronounce erudition in British English:
UK [ˌeruˈdɪʃn]
How to pronounce erudition in American English:
US [ˌɛrjʊˈdɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- profound scholarly knowledge
Word Origin
- erudition (n.)
- c. 1400, "instruction, education," from Latin eruditionem (nominative eruditio) "an instructing, instruction, learning," noun of action from past participle stem of erudire "to educate, instruct, polish" (see erudite). Meaning "learning, scholarship" is from 1520s.
Example
- 1. Mr hitchings reviews such matters with cool erudition .
- 2. The course felt like a stage display of multilingual erudition .
- 3. He shows a breadth of erudition and subtlety of mind unparalleled among other economists .
- 4. Readers of mr bryson 's previous books will find many familiar pleasures : effortlessly digestible prose , wry self-deprecating humour and lightly-worn erudition .
- 5. His books are fat with illustrations and examples , drawn from his erudition and his conversations with statesmen and merchants .