erudite
learned or scholarly
Roots
Other words with the rud root
- erudition: deep learning or scholarship
- rude: rough, crude, or unrefined
- rudiment: a basic beginning or undeveloped part
- rudimentary: basic or undeveloped
E- gives out and rud gives rough: erudite is educated out of rough ignorance.
Her erudite answer still felt warm and clear.
Erudite has a kind metaphor inside it: learning draws a person out of roughness. The word does not have to intimidate; it shows what study can do.