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adjective

erudite

having or showing great knowledge or learning

In a sentence

Six example sentences with erudite, each labelled with its topic.

  • His footnotes ran longer than the chapters, and reviewers called the biography erudite without ever calling it enjoyable.

    Literature

  • The erudite archivist could date a letter from its watermark alone, and had read every parish register in the county.

    History

  • Her gallery talks were erudite enough to cite three medieval treatises, yet she still made the crowd laugh twice.

    Art

  • The erudite lecturer quoted Aristotle in Greek and Kant in German before admitting she found both of them puzzling.

    Philosophy

  • The judge's erudite opinion cites cases from four centuries and a treatise most lawyers had never opened.

    Law

  • The most erudite member of the council could recite the town charter, which rarely helped him win a vote.

    Politics

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