erudition

== English == === Etymology === First attested in the 15th Century. From Middle French érudition, from Latin eruditio (“an instructing, learning, erudition”), from erudire (“to instruct, educate, cultivate”, literally “free from rudeness”), from e (“out”) + rudis (“rude”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɛɹʊˈdɪʃən/ === Noun === erudition (countable and uncountable, plural eruditions) Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship. The refinement, polish and knowledge that education confers. ==== Synonyms ==== (profound knowledge): knowledge, information, learning, lore, scholarship, scholarism ==== Related terms ==== erudite rude ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “erudition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “erudition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “erudition”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.