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erudite, a. and n.|ˈɛrədaɪt|
[ad. L. ērudīt-us, f. ērudīre to instruct, train, f. ē out + rudis rude, untrained.]
A. adj.
1. Of persons and their faculties:
†a. Trained, well-instructed (obs. or arch.);
b. Learned, scholarly. (Now somewhat rare exc. in sarcastic use.)
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 231 A man callede Nanus, erudite in the arte of nigromancy. 1539J. Foster in Ellis Orig. Lett. i. 141 II. 112 The Kyngys erudyte jugementt, with all hys cowncell temperall and spyrytuall hathe stableschyd a contrary order. 1598Marston Pygmal. Sat. iv. 153 Would ever any erudite Pedant Seeme in his artles lines so insolent? a1773Ld. Chesterfield (T.), Your Latin lecture is as good Latin as the erudite Germans speak or write. 1791D'Israeli Cur. Lit. (1858) I. 3 Having chosen the erudite Varro for its librarian. 1823Lamb Elia Ser. i. ii. (1865) 15 Those variæ lectiones, so tempting to the more erudite palates. 1849Lytton Caxtons I. 24 Before I was six years old, I was erudite in that primitive literature. 1875Hamerton Intell. Life xi. ii. 408 The remarkably skilful man is not likely to be the erudite man.
2. Of literary productions, etc.: Characterized by erudition.
1533More Apol. v. Wks. 854/1 Shewed in his most erudite famous booke agaynst Luther. a1667Jer. Taylor (W.), Erudite and metaphysical theology. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. i. 6 The fore-mentioned Treasuries of Erudite Pamphlet-tracts. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 95 A most erudite sermon on the rites and ceremonies of Christmas. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. 16 Some erudite research, some ingenious project.
B. n. [So Fr. érudit.] An erudite person, a scholar. rare.
1865Grote Plato I. iv. 141 These laborious and useful erudites. 1888Pall Mall G. 6 Sept. 3/1 There are to be found, in and out of America, women citizens of that great country..female would-be erudites.
Hence ˈeruditely adv., in an erudite manner, learnedly, skilfully. ˈeruditeness, the quality or condition of being erudite. eruˈditical a. rare, characterized by, or laying claim to, erudition.
1529More Supplic. Soulys Wks. 331/1 Theyr holy workes eruditely written. 1736in Bailey. 1811Byron Hints fr. Hor. 433 Who eruditely know To separate the elegant and low. 1862Lytton Str. Story II. 68 The truth which you so eruditely insinuate to be a fable. 1818Coleridge Lit. Rem. (1836) I. 160 Some meritorious modern poets..attempt an eruditeness. 1832Fraser's Mag. VI. 107 Edinburgh, the most eruditical city in Christendom. 1838Galt in Tait's Mag. V. 43 There is no saying how eruditical I became. |