Tuesday word: Pundit

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Tuesday, Mar. 08, 2022

Pundit (noun)
pundit [ puhn-dit ]

noun
1. a learned person, expert, or authority.
2. a person who makes comments or judgments, especially in an authoritative manner; critic or commentator.
3. pandit.

OTHER WORDS FROM PUNDIT
pun·dit·ic, adjective
pun·dit·i·cal·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH PUNDIT
pendant, pendent, pennant

WORDS RELATED TO PUNDIT
buff, cognoscenti, expert, intellectual, philosopher, professor, scholar, thinker, auger, bookworm, brain, egghead, savant, solon, teacher

OTHER WORDS FOR PUNDIT
See synonyms for pundit on Thesaurus.com
1. sage, guru, savant.

Origin: 1665–75; < Hindi paṇḍit < Sanskrit paṇḍita learned man, (adj.) learned

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