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Erudite. By Sarah Dittrich. Learned or Scholarly. Etymology. 1375–1425; late ME < L ērudītus , equiv. to ērud - (ē- e- + rud - unformed, rough, rude ) + - ītus - ite 2. Erudite in Writing.
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Erudite By Sarah Dittrich Learned or Scholarly
Etymology • 1375–1425; late ME < L ērudītus, equiv. to ērud- (ē- e- + rud- unformed, rough, rude ) + -ītus-ite2
Erudite in Writing • “His skilled writing was simultaneously erudite and prosaic” (The Great White Hope: E.B. White Endures-www.epinions.com). • “Judge is lenient on “erudite” cocaine mule; Judge Hogan: Taken by Roudier’s culture” (The Daily Mail). • Mr. Brooks, it’s time you get past your party loyalty and return to your erudition” (Jerry Weissman of the Huffington Post)
What is erudite? • Teachers • Scholars • Librarians • Bill Nye the Science Guy • Albert Einstein • Professors • Isaac Newton • Charles Darwin • Marie Curie • Martin Luther King Jr.
Visual of Erudite He is extremely erudite because he is reading a book with his hand on his chin in a very thoughtful pose. He leans against the plethora of books like a scholar would.
Audio of Erudite • This MIT lecture, “The Introduction of Algorithms,” by Professors Erik Demaine and Charles Leiserson, is erudite because these extremely knowledgeable men are lecturing about algorithms.