different between philosophical vs erudite

English

Alternative forms

• philosophicall (obsolete)
• phylosophical (nonstandard)
• phylosophicall (obsolete)

Etymology

From philosophy +? -ical, from Ancient Greek ????????? (philosophía, “love of knowledge, scientific learning”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?l??s?f?kl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?l??s?f?kl?/
• Hyphenation: phi?lo?soph?i?cal

Adjective

philosophical (comparative more philosophical, superlative most philosophical)

1. Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.
2. Rational; analytic or critically-minded; thoughtful.
   • 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Sphinx" in Arthur's Ladies Magazine,

     His richly philosophical intellect was not at any time affected by unrealities.

3. Detached, calm, stoic.
   • 1911, Hector Hugh Munro, "The Schartz-Metterklume Method,"

     She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference.

Synonyms

• philosophic

Antonyms

• nonphilosophical

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• philosophical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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)