Read full poem →eminent in point of genius, 'are yet so venerable on
the score of erudition, so rich in classic lore, so
strongly tinctured with the spirit of the Greek drama-
Dictionary Entry
the possession of extensive knowledge; scholarly learning
In a Sentence
“The professor's erudition impressed the students, who admired his depth of knowledge across many subjects.”
Origin
Late Middle English, from Latin eruditiōn- ‘instructing, education’, from erudītus ‘instructed, learned’.
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “erudition”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →his claim to be a poet, than too subtle ingenuity or misplaced
erudition--the vein of sheer ugliness which runs through his work,
presenting details that seem merely and wantonly repulsive. The same
Read full poem →very time in which Mr. Gray spoke so contemptuously of Cam-
bridge, that very University abounded in men of erudition and
science, with whom the first scholars would not have disdained