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Webster 1913 Edition
Book-learned
Book′-learnedˊ
,Adj.
Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books.
[Often in a disparaging sense.]
Whate’er these
Solon's the veriest fool in all the play.
book-learned
blockheads say,Solon's the veriest fool in all the play.
Dryden.
Definition 2024
book-learned
book-learned
English
Adjective
book-learned (not comparable)
- (often disparagingly) Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books.
- Whate'er these book-learned blockheads say, Solon's the veriest fool in all the play — Dryden
Derived terms
- book-learnedness
- book-learning