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having or showing deep scholarly knowledge
- His scientific precision was impeccable and his erudition astounding; no one could refute him on the cooking utensils of Babylon or the doormats of Byzantium.1.6 — Part 1 Chapter 6 (7% in)
- Readers acquired erudition without study, authority without cost, judgment without effort.1.6 — Part 1 Chapter 6 (20% in)
- There followed a list of questions in erudite terms on the architectural merits of the Temple.2.12 — Part 2 Chapter 12 (60% in)
- He branched out erratically in all directions; he read volumes of specialized erudition first, and high-school primers afterward.3.1 — Part 3 Chapter 1 (49% in)
- He was alone, jobless at the moment, with sixty-five cents in his pocket, an unpaid rent bill and a chaotic erudition.3.1 — Part 3 Chapter 1 (52% in)
- And Ellsworth's a man of culture, an idealist, not a dirty radical off a soapbox, he's so friendly and witty, and what an erudition!4.15 — Part 4 Chapter 15 (51% in)
There are no more uses of "erudite" in The Fountainhead.
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