different between erudite vs pundit

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

Related terms

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

• pandit

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ?????? (pa??it), from Sanskrit ?????? (pa??ita, “scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?p?n.d?t/
• Rhymes: -?nd?t

Noun

pundit (plural pundits)

1. An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic. [from 19th c.]
   • 2006, The Observer, 4 Jun 2006:

     This week we introduce Jenny Walker, who will be The Observer's expert pundit for the duration of the World Cup.

2. A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar. [from 17th c.]
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘On the City Wall’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 430:

     Pundits in black gowns, with spectacles on their noses and undigested wisdom in their insides; bearded headmen of the wards; [...] all these people and more also you might find in the white room.

3. (historical) A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders.
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 295:

     At every hundredth pace the Pundit would automatically slip one bead. Each complete circuit of the rosary thus represented ten thousand paces.

Derived terms

• punditocracy
• punditry

Translations

See also

• hafiz, hafez
• pandit
• qari'

Further reading

• pundit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• undipt