eruditeness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

eruditeness
    n 1: profound scholarly knowledge [syn: {eruditeness},
         {erudition}, {learnedness}, {learning}, {scholarship},
         {encyclopedism}, {encyclopaedism}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

eruditeness \er"u*dite`ness\ ([e^]r"[-u]*d[imac]t`n[e^]s), n.
   profound knowledge.

   Syn: erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship.
        [WordNet 1.5]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

erudite \er"u*dite\ ([e^]r"[-u]*d[imac]t; 135), a. [L. eruditus,
   p. p. of erudire to free from rudeness, to polish, instruct;
   e out + rudis rude: cf. F. ['e]rudit. See {Rude}.]
   Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well
   instructed; learned. "A most erudite prince." --Sir T. More.
   "Erudite . . . theology." --I. Taylor. -- {er"u*dite`ly},
   adv. -- {er"u*dite`ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]

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