† ineruˈditionObs.rare—1. [ad. late L. inerudītiōn-em (Vulgate): see in-3 and erudition; cf. F. inérudition (Littré).] Want of erudition; unlearned condition. 1685Cotton tr.Montaigne I. 241, I..being too conscious of my own inerudition to be able to instruct others.