(a.) Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the grounds of the reported paediatric cases, the erudition in childhood is compared with the more common form in the adult, and is found to be much less linked with diabetes mellitus and to have a far better prognosis, with practically no mortality.
(2) For real will-this-do illustrating, look no further than conjoined twins Tip and Tap , although they admittedly boast a certain erstaz charm not seen post- Pique (the much-maligned Goleo VI and Pille the Erudite Ball apart).
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(4) Described by Econsultancy as “erudite and iconoclastic”, he was recognised as tech entrepreneur of the year at the 2016 UK Business Awards.
(5) A low cultural level was prevalent among males, whereas females demonstrated good erudition.
(6) For Juan Gabriel Vásquez , among the most inventive and erudite of Colombia's emerging generation of novelists, the assassination was the "defining episode of our history – our own JFK".
(7) Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman described Entwistle as "clever, erudite, a man, critically, who reads books, a man with a sense of humour and a great degree of irreverence, not least about the BBC.
(8) "Oh man, no, this guy's an erudite, he's not a boxer."
(9) On the pitch and on camera for five days, nuances, airtime and erudite analysts make it impossible to obscure errors, the role of captain is more pronounced that in any sport.
(10) With his receding hairline, grey jacket and lean, thoughtful face, Thomas has a professorial air, delivering smoothly erudite monologues in a voice rather like Vincent Cassel's.
(11) As erudite as he was rude, Kenneth Williams is now remembered as the author of a bleak and illuminating diary and not just for his saucy anecdotes and Carry On films.
(12) Khadzhimurad asked the most wide-ranging questions and seemed to trust my erudition.
(13) In the picture, as he leans down towards an apparently surprised Castro, he comes across as he did in his speech as the only world leader capable of stepping up to an occassion whose historic weight he himself eruditely assessed - comparing Mandela rightly not only with Gandhi and Martin Luther King but also with Abraham Lincoln and America's Founding Fathers.
(14) His great book Mimesis, published in Berne in 1946 but written while Auerbach was a wartime exile teaching Romance languages in Istanbul, was meant to be a testament to the diversity and concreteness of the reality represented in western literature from Homer to Virginia Woolf; but reading the 1951 essay one senses that, for Auerbach, the great book he wrote was an elegy for a period when people could interpret texts philologically, concretely, sensitively, and intuitively, using erudition and an excellent command of several languages to support the kind of understanding that Goethe advocated for his understanding of Islamic literature.
(15) Learned, erudite, eloquent, witty and self-effacing about his sharp-minded crossword-setting skill – he was all of those and more.
(16) "I have to say I often find him erudite and he sends me to sleep when he speaks but tonight I'm really impressed.
(17) 12 min: The match ball, having been mindlessly kicked in the face Goleo VI style, is jiggered, rather like domestic victim Pille the Erudite Ball.
(18) Described as erudite and enthusiastic, Entwistle also has a tendency for corporate speak, as revealed in an email outlining changes to the BBC Knowledge commissioning team last year which was gleefully picked up by Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow .
(19) The single is taken from his forthcoming album, the more eruditely titled Divine Comedy, possibly inspired by the words Dante said appeared across the gates of Hell: Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.
(20) This is, after all, an institution that has chosen for centuries to communicate with its followers via erudite documents written in Latin, which must be first translated and then interpreted for us, the faithful in the pew.
Sapient
Definition:
(a.) Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt.
Example Sentences:
(1) "I'm a huge supporter of Bradley Manning ... but what Snowden did is even more important as we are all directly involved," Westwood said, speaking at a Cannes session as a guest of agency Sapient Nitro to promote her brand of storytelling and campaigning.
(2) Meanwhile March’s Chappie is District 9 director Neill Blomkamp’s return to the streets of metropolitan South Africa in the company of a Short Circuit-style sapient robot and Die Antwoord members Yolandi and Ninja.
(3) But in this instance the advances alone in the rendering of realistic sapient apes and resulting fascination with these sci-fi versions of our closest relations made the experience unmissable.
(4) "But they were sapient people as well – that is probably the implication of the last decade of results."