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erudite

adj
/ˈɛɹ.ʊ.daɪt/UK/ˈɛɹ.(j)u.daɪt/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from ērudītus

Definitions

  1. Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.

    • The professor gave an erudite lecture that impressed everyone in the audience.
    • His erudite knowledge of ancient history made him a sought-after speaker.
    • She was praised for her erudite contributions to the academic journal.

  2. a learned or scholarly person

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at erudite. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at erudite. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at erudite

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA