erudition

Definition of erudition

er`u`di´tion   Pronunciation: ĕr`ũ`dĭsh´ŭn
n.1.The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship.
The management of a young lady's person is not be overlooked, but the erudition of her mind is much more to be regarded.
- Steele.
The gay young gentleman whose erudition sat so easily upon him.
- Macaulay.

Related Words

Sophia, bibliolatry, bibliomania, bluestockingism, book learning, book madness, bookiness, bookishness, booklore, broad-mindedness, broadening the mind, classical scholarship, classicism, cultivation, culture, depth, donnishness, education, eruditeness, good understanding, humanism, humanistic scholarship, intellectual acquirement, intellectualism, intellectuality, knowledge, learnedness, learning, letters, literacy, mastery of skills, mellow wisdom, memorization, mental cultivation, mental culture, pedantism, pedantry, profoundness, profundity, reading, ripe wisdom, sageness, sapience, scholarliness, scholarship, science, seasoned understanding, self-instruction, sound understanding, storing the mind, studiousness, wisdom, wiseness
Word:

Browse

Error
Error of collimation
Errorful
Errorist
Ers
Erse
Ersh
Erst
Erstwhile
Erubescence
Erubescent
Erubescite
Eruca
Erucic
Erucifrom
Eruct
Eructation
Erudiate
erudite
eruditeness
-erudition-
Erugate
Eruginous
erumpent
erupt
erupting
eruption
Eruptional
Eruptive
Erwinia
Eryngium
Eryngo
Erysimum
erysipelas
Erysipelatoid
Erysipelatous
erysipeloid
Erysipelothrix
Erysipelous
Erythema
Erythematic
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

© 2009 Interapple, Inc. Cover