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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: , past participle of erudire 'to give instruction to', from rudis 'rude, uneducated'

erudite

 adjective
     
er‧u‧dite
showing a lot of knowledge based on careful study [= learned]
—eruditely adverb
—erudition noun [uncountable]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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