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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Learned \Learn"ed\ (l[~e]rn"[e^]d), adjective 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}, adverb {Learn"ed*ness}, noun
Every coxcomb swears as learnedly as they. --Swift.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
learnedness \learn"ed*ness\ n. profound knowledge.
Syn: eruditeness, erudition, learning, scholarship. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
learnedness
noun: profound scholarly knowledge [syn: {eruditeness}, {erudition}, {learning}, {scholarship}, {encyclopedism}, {encyclopaedism}]
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