erudition
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The Culture Gabfest, “The Erudition is Sick” Edition Listen to 's show about Beavis and Butt-head, literary theory, and indie rock’s decent into banality.
From Slate • Nov. 2, 2011
Erudition and silliness are not mutually exclusive, and no one understood that better than Willy Wonka.
From Newsweek
Pass the Erudition Sir: The community is not as primordial as the individual.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Erudition was marked in the very cock of his wig.
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
You do not take music lessons, I believe, Miss Erudition; and perhaps the forebodings of examination day would be a comparison in which you would be more at home.
From The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
Vocabulary lists containing erudition
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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Great Expectations
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"Simon's Saga," Vocabulary from Episode 2
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