Erudition
Origin
From Latin eruditio ("an instructing, learning, erudition")
, from erudire ("to instruct, educate, cultivate", literally free from rudeness), from e ("out") + rudis ("rude").
Full definition of erudition
Noun
erudition
(uncountable)- Profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship.
Synonyms
- (profound knowledge) knowledge, information, learning, lore, scholarship, scholarism