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erudition

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


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Czech-born British playwright whose works were a rare combination of erudition and commercial success.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2025

Begun when Gibbon was 33 in 1770, and published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788, Gibbon’s history combines astonishing erudition with endless entertainment.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 22, 2025

His astonishing erudition encouraged him to tread where few playwrights before him had dared to go.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2025

David Souter stripped aside the well-maintained fiction that justices are appointed to the Court for their erudition, their intellect, their learnedness, and their reason.

From Salon May 16, 2025

There are several striking features about Vergil’s display of erudition.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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