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erudite

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


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Mr. Crowley’s op-ed, first delivered as a speech in Ottawa and adapted for these pages, is inspiring, erudite and amusing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

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

Because even his emails are literary, this one was erudite and friendly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

In The Times, critic David Kipen hailed Pynchon’s classic style as “Olympian, polymathic, erudite, antically funny, often beautiful, at times gross, at others incredibly romantic, never afraid to challenge or even confound.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 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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