different between sagacious vs erudite

English

Etymology

Coined between 1600 and 1610 from sagacity +? -ous

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s???e???s/
• Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

sagacious (comparative more sagacious, superlative most sagacious)

1. Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
   • 2020, Ben Williams, The U.S. Supreme Court and sexual orientation, in: The Mississippi Business Journal, July 10 2020

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Synonyms

• frood

Derived terms

• sagaciously
• sagaciousness

Related terms

• sagacity

Translations

References

• sagacious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sagacious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sagacious at OneLook Dictionary Search

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)