Learn·ed a. Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory.
The learnedlover lost no time. --Spenser.
Men of much reading are greatly learned, but may be little knowing. --Locke.
Words of learned length and thundering sound. --Goldsmith.
The learned, learned men; men of erudition; scholars.
-- Learn*ed*ly, adv. Learn*ed*ness, n.
Every coxcomb swears as learnedly as they. --Swift.
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