erudition

[ er-yoo-dish-uh n, er-oo- ]

/ ˌɛr yʊˈdɪʃ ən, ˌɛr ʊ- /

knowledge acquired by study, research, etc.; learning; scholarship.

Origin of erudition

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ērudītiōn- (stem of ērudītiō) an instruction. See erudite, -ion

See learning.

er·u·di·tion·al, adjective non·er·u·di·tion, noun

As you can see, there is plenty of erudition to go with the laughs.

Boris Johnson’s Churchill Man Crush |Michael F. Bishop |November 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But he shares with Foster Wallace a gift for exactitude, erudition, and moral concern.

Charles D’Ambrosio’s X-Ray Vision Is On Full Display In His New Essay Collection. |Steve Almond |November 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Iyer employs a terrific combination of erudition and absurdity that calls to mind the great postmodernists.

Lars Iyer’s ‘Wittgenstein Jr.’ Plumbs the Deep Fun of Philosophical Fiction |Drew Smith |October 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Anderson carries his erudition lightly, but there's enough scholarship there to make an academic proud.

T.E. Lawrence Rides Again in Scott Anderson’s New History |Melik Kaylan |August 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

I respect Rabbi Yosef's erudition and his brave and sometimes iconoclastic halakhic (Jewish legal) writings.

A Confession on the Ninth of Av |Samuel Lebens |July 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Erudition was worthily represented there, and there was every probability of justice.

A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times |Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
When one is hungering for erudition, to be offered compliments!

The Daughters of Danaus |Mona Caird
The men appreciated that, although they were proud of his erudition and books.

The Black Opal |Katharine Susannah Prichard
He then makes vague and fearful insinuations about my grammar and my erudition.

Miscellanies |Oscar Wilde
Thus, the priesthood were respected both for their office and for their erudition.

An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 |Mary Frances Cusack