Erudite

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  erudite \er"u*dite\ ([e^]r"[-u]*d[imac]t; 135), a. [L. eruditus,
     p. p. of erudire to free from rudeness, to polish, instruct;
     e out + rudis rude: cf. F. ['e]rudit. See {Rude}.]
     Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well
     instructed; learned. "A most erudite prince." --Sir T. More.
     "Erudite . . . theology." --I. Taylor. -- {er"u*dite`ly},


     adv. -- {er"u*dite`ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  erudite
       adj : having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist";
             "an erudite professor" [syn: {learned}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "erudite":
     abstruse, civilized, cultivated, cultured, deep, educated,
     encyclopedic, learned, lettered, literate, pansophic, polyhistoric,
     polymath, polymathic, profound, scholarly, scholastic, studious,
     well-read, wise