different between erudite vs anchorite

English

Etymology

From Latin ?rud?tus, participle of ?rudi? (“educate, train”), from e- (“out of”) + rudis (“rude, unskilled”). Doublet of erudit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.?.da?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.(j)u.da?t/, IPA^(key): /???.(j)?.da?t/

Adjective

erudite (comparative more erudite, superlative most erudite)

1. Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:learned

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Translations

Noun

erudite (plural erudites)

1. a learned or scholarly person

Italian

Adjective

erudite f pl

1. feminine plural of erudito

Noun

erudite f pl

1. feminine plural of erudito

Verb

erudite

1. second-person plural present indicative of erudire
2. second-person plural imperative of erudire
3. feminine plural past participle of erudire
4. feminine plural past participle of erudirsi

Anagrams

• deuteri, udirete

Latin

Etymology 1

From ?rud?tus (“educated, accomplished”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e?.ru?di?.te?/, [e????d?i?t?e?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.ru?di.te/, [??u?d?i?t??]

Adverb

?rud?t? (comparative ?rud?tius, superlative ?rud?tissim?)

1. learnedly, with erudition

Related terms

• ?rudi?
• ?rud?ti?
• ?rud?tulus
• ?rud?tus

Etymology 2

Inflected forms

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e?.ru?di?.te/, [e????d?i?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.ru?di.te/, [??u?d?i?t??]

Participle

?rud?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?rud?tus

References

• erudite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

English

Alternative forms

• anachoret, anachorete, anachorite, anchoret

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (anakh?r?t?s, “anchoret”), from ???????? (anakh?ré?, “I withdraw, retire”), via Latin anchor?ta, a variant of anachor?ta (“anchorite”).

Pronunciation

Noun

anchorite (plural anchorites)

1. One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons.
   • 1950, Will Durant, The Age of Faith, Simon and Schuster, page 792.

     About 1150 some Palestinian anchorites adopted the eremitical rule of St. Basil, and spread throughout Palestine; when the Moslems captured the Holy Land these "Carmelites" migrated to Cyprus, Sicily, France, and England.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) anchor, eremite, hermit, recluse

Related terms

• anchoress (feminine gender)

Translations

Further reading

• Hermit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• page in Portuguese Wikipedia
• A definition in Spanish

Anagrams

• antechoir, heatronic