Vocabulary Word Fic Prompts

Title: Eight-Tenths of the Law
Fandom: Leverage
Author: Cat Moon
Rating: G
Characters: Team
Words: 100
Summary: Eliot and Nate debate who really owns Eliot's sports car
Notes: A drabble for The Boost Job end scene where they're all sharing a meal and playfully bantering. Papadakalis is one of Nate's aliases, a sleazy Vegas lawyer.


( Eight-Tenths of the Law )

This week's word is


Erudite


[ˈer(y)əˌdīt]

ADJECTIVE
Having or showing great knowledge or learning.






Did you know? (From Merriam-Webster):

Erudite derives from Latin eruditus, the past participle of the verb erudire, meaning "to instruct." A closer look at that verb shows that it is formed by combining the prefix e-, meaning "missing" or "absent," with the adjective rudis, which means "rude" or "ignorant." (Rudis is also the source of the English word rude.) We typically use rude to mean "discourteous" or "uncouth" but it can also mean "lacking refinement" or "uncivilized." Taking these meanings into account, erudite stays true to its etymology: someone who is erudite has been transformed from a roughened or uninformed state to a polished and knowledgeable one through a devotion to learning.