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English

Noun

  1. profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship


Synonyms


Translations

  • Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ерудиция|sc=Cyrl}}
  • French:
  • Hungarian: ,

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English erudition \er`u*di"tion\ ([e^]r`[-u]*d[i^]sh"[u^]n), n. [L.
eruditio: cf. F. ['e]rudition.]
The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction;
the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions
gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning
in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences;
scholarship.
[1913 Webster]

The management of a young lady's person is not be
overlooked, but the erudition of her mind is much more
to be regarded. --Steele.
[1913 Webster]

The gay young gentleman whose erudition sat so easily
upon him. --Macaulay.

Syn: Literature; learning. See Literature.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet erudition
n : profound scholarly knowledge [syn: eruditeness, learnedness,
learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism]
Moby Dictionary
Sophia
, bibliolatry , bibliomania , bluestockingism , book learning ,
book madness
, bookiness , bookishness , booklore , broad-mindedness ,
broadening the mind
, classical scholarship , classicism ,
cultivation
, culture , depth , donnishness , education , eruditeness ,
good understanding
, humanism , humanistic scholarship ,
intellectual acquirement
, intellectualism , intellectuality ,
knowledge
, learnedness , learning , letters , literacy ,
mastery of skills
, mellow wisdom , memorization , mental cultivation ,
mental culture
, pedantism , pedantry , profoundness , profundity ,
reading
, ripe wisdom , sageness , sapience , scholarliness ,
scholarship
, science , seasoned understanding , self-instruction ,
sound understanding
, storing the mind , studiousness , wisdom ,
wiseness


ERUDITION, n. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull. So wide his erudition's mighty span, He knew Creation's origin and plan And only came by accident to grief -- He thought, poor man, 'twas right to be a thief. Romach Pute
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