Erudition
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
erudition \er`u*di"tion\ ([e^]r`[-u]*d[i^]sh"[u^]n), n. [L.
eruditio: cf. F. ['e]rudition.]
The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction;
the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions
gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning
in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences;
scholarship.
[1913 Webster]
The management of a young lady's person is not be
overlooked, but the erudition of her mind is much more
to be regarded. --Steele.
[1913 Webster]
The gay young gentleman whose erudition sat so easily
upon him. --Macaulay.
Syn: Literature; learning. See {Literature}.
[1913 Webster]
from
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
ERUDITION, n. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.
So wide his erudition's mighty span,
He knew Creation's origin and plan
And only came by accident to grief --
He thought, poor man, 'twas right to be a thief.
Romach Pute
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "erudition":
Sophia, bibliolatry, bibliomania, bluestockingism, book learning,
book madness, bookiness, bookishness, booklore, broad-mindedness,
broadening the mind, classical scholarship, classicism,
cultivation, culture, depth, donnishness, education, eruditeness,
good understanding, humanism, humanistic scholarship,
intellectual acquirement, intellectualism, intellectuality,
knowledge, learnedness, learning, letters, literacy,
mastery of skills, mellow wisdom, memorization, mental cultivation,
mental culture, pedantism, pedantry, profoundness, profundity,
reading, ripe wisdom, sageness, sapience, scholarliness,
scholarship, science, seasoned understanding, self-instruction,
sound understanding, storing the mind, studiousness, wisdom,
wiseness
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