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erudite

[er-yoo-dahyt, er-oo-] / ˈɛr yʊˌdaɪt, ˈɛr ʊ- /


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The erudite and engaging historian Lincoln Paine unfolds our relationship to the aquatic planet for the past 5,000 years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Compton is impossibly charming, effortfully erudite, and enjoys the status that comes with his stardom.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

The Pod Save America staff remain funny, erudite, and extremely online; the only qualifications necessary to be adept podcasters.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025

It is something he observed in his wife’s grandfather, a lifelong reader and raconteur who retained his gentle voice and erudite air long after the stories in him were lost to Alzheimer’s disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Handsome, erudite, and a packet of energy, the Latvian was a crowd-pleaser and the darling of the chess world.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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