ext_34538 ([identity profile] simplyn2deep.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1_million_words2013-09-28 05:00 am

Word of the Day 9/28/13

Erudite (adjective)
er·u·dite [er-yoo-dahyt, er-oo-]


adjective
characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly: an erudite professor; an erudite commentary.

Synonyms
educated, knowledgeable; wise, sapient.

Origin: 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin ērudītus, equivalent to ērud- ( ē- e-1 + rud- unformed, rough, rude) + -ītus -ite

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