Word of the Week: Erudite

I decided to use a word mom suggested in her e-mail. Erudite has a cool sound and really makes you sound smart. It shouldn't be too difficult to insert into your daily conversation. An erudite person is basically a rude, snobbish scholar. From M-W.com, Erudite:

Pronunciation: 'er-&-"dIt, 'er-y&-
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English erudit, from Latin eruditus, from past participle of erudire to instruct, from e- + rudis rude, ignorant
Date: 15th century
: possessing or displaying erudition : LEARNED
- er·u·dite·ly adverb

For whatever reason I associate this word with Philistineine [not capitalized]. The Biblical connections are unavoidable. So, for bonus WotW points, philistine:

Pronunciation: 'fi-l&-"stEn; f&-'lis-t&n, -"tEn; 'fi-l&-st&n
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 : a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia
2 often not capitalized a : a person who is guided by materialism and is usually disdainful of intellectual or artistic values b : one uninformed in a special area of knowledge

I'm going to be back in G-R this weekend. So, until Sunday or Monday, toodles!