erudit
erudit noun: an erudite person, a scholar, especially in French contexts.
Noun
erudit (plural erudits)
- An erudite person, a scholar, especially in French contexts.
- When the fragments of Petronius made a great noise in the literary world, Meibomius, an erudit of Lubeck, read in a letter from another learned scholar of Bologna, ' We have here an entire Petronius [...].’1793, Isaac D'Israeli, Curiosities of Literature, volume II
- By contrast, however, we have a charming letter from Charles Beard in which he regrets that he never met Lord Acton, an érudit with an encyclopedic mind who published very little.1987, Michael Kammen, Selvages and Biases, page 93
Forms of erudit
| plural | erudits |
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Origin of erudit
From French érudit. Doublet of erudite.
Questions about erudit
- What does erudit mean?
- Erudit means an erudite person, a scholar, especially in French contexts.
- What part of speech is erudit?
- Erudit is a noun.
- What is the plural of erudit?
- The plural of erudit is erudits.
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