Middle English Dictionary Entry
erūdīt ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | erūdīt ppl. |
| Etymology | L ērudītus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Instructed: (b) well versed, learned.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.287 : Abraham, erudite firste amonge men in Caldea [L apud Chaldaeos prius eruditus], goenge in to Egipte, tawȝhte theyme arismetrik and geometry.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.321 : This Boecius was singuler in his werkes..erudite or instructe firste at Rome, after at Athenes.
b
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.231 : A man callede Nanus, erudite in the arte of nigromancy.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.15 : This Adrian was erudite in the langage of Grece and of Latyn.