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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erudition \Er`u*di"tion\, n. [L. eruditio: cf F. ['e]rudition.]
The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction;
the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions
gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning
in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences;
scholarship.
The management of a young lady's person is not be
overlooked, but the erudition of her mind is much more
to be regarded. --Steele.
The gay young gentleman whose erudition sat so easily
upon him --Macaulay.
Syn: Literature; learning. See {Literature}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
erudition
n : profound knowledge [syn: {eruditeness}, {learnedness}, {learning},
{scholarship}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
ERUDITION, n. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.
So wide his erudition's mighty span,
He knew Creation's origin and plan
And only came by accident to grief --
He thought, poor man, 'twas right to be a thief.
Romach Pute
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