Eruditeness

3 definitions found

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

  eruditeness \er"u*dite`ness\ ([e^]r"[-u]*d[imac]t`n[e^]s), n.
     profound knowledge.
  
     Syn: erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship.
          [WordNet 1.5]



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]:

  eruditeness
       n : profound scholarly knowledge [syn: {erudition}, {learnedness},
            {learning}, {scholarship}, {encyclopedism}, {encyclopaedism}]