Erudite

//ˈɛɹ.ʊ.daɪt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a learned or scholarly person
Adjective
  1. 1
    Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.

    "The professor gave an erudite lecture that impressed everyone in the audience."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having or showing profound knowledge wordnet

Synonyms

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learnedscholarlyabstruseacademicacademicalbrilliant

Example

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"The Chinese language is full of idioms that are commonly used in texts of different genres as an erudite style of writing."

Etymology

From Latin ērudītus, participle of ērudiō (“educate, train”), from e- (“out of”) + rudis (“rude, unskilled”). Doublet of erudit.

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