The word "erudite" is used to denote a refined level of learning and scholarly sophistication that often carries both admiration and a hint of ironic critique. In literary contexts it characterizes individuals endowed with deep, sometimes encyclopedic, knowledge—as seen when a learned relation is credited with providing crucial intellectual insight [1] or when a professor is described as one of the "most erudite of men" in his field [2]. At times, the term underscores an almost excessive display of learning that may border on pedantry, suggesting that an overabundance of knowledge can sometimes distract from other qualities such as wit or charm [3, 4]. Elsewhere, descriptions of erudition serve to contrast genuine intellectual achievement with commonplace or superficial pretensions of scholarship, enriching narratives by sharpening the distinction between true academic merit and mere display [5, 6, 7].