Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

erudition

/ˌɛɹʊˈdɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: eru-di-tion
IPA: /ˌɛɹʊˈdɪʃən/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The refinement, polish and knowledge that education confers.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Professor Archimedes Q. Porter was their only immediate anxiety. Fully assured in his own mind that his daughter had been picked up by a passing steamer, he gave over the last vestige of apprehension concerning her welfare, and devoted his giant intellect solely to the consideration of those momentous and abstruse scientific problems which he considered the only proper food for thought in one of his erudition."
"As a philosopher he was superior to Lenin in all respects: erudition, knowledge of his subject, independence of thought, and skill in formulating problems."

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”). By surface analysis, erudite + -ion.

Origin

Source language: Middle French
First known use: First attested in the 15th Century

Word Breakdown

Root: érudition, eruditio

Usage

Inflected Forms

eruditions (plural)

Derived Forms

eruditional

Frequently Paired Words

erudite rude

Synonyms

knowledge information learning lore scholarship scholarism eruditeness learnedness encyclopedism encyclopaedism

Rhymes With

position addition competition commission mission condition edition definition opposition permission tradition recognition

Questions

How do you pronounce erudition?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɛɹʊˈdɪʃən/.
What does erudition mean?: Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.
Where does erudition come from?: It is traced to Middle French. First known use: First attested in the 15th Century.

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