erudition
Plural: eruditions
Noun
- profound scholarly knowledge
- Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.
- The refinement, polish and knowledge that education confers.
Origin / Etymology
First attested in the 15th Century. From Middle French érudition, from Latin eruditio (“an instructing, learning, erudition”), from erudire (“to instruct, educate, cultivate”, literally “free from rudeness”), from e (“out”) + rudis (“rude”).
Synonyms
encyclopaedism, encyclopedism, eruditeness, learnedness, learning, scholarship, information, knowledge, lore, scholarism
Scrabble Score: 10
erudition: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worderudition: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
erudition: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary