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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Learned

Learn′ed (lẽrn′ĕd), 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.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article.