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erudition

[er-yoo-dish-uhn, er-oo-] / ˌɛr jʊˈdɪʃ ən, ˌɛr ʊ- /


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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

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




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