learned
see also: Learned
Pronunciation Adjective
Learned
Proper noun
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see also: Learned
Pronunciation Adjective
learned
- Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iii:
- the learned Merlin, well could tell, / Vnder what coast of heauen the man did dwell […]
- 1854, Charles Edward Pollock, Lake v. Plaxton, 156 Eng. Rep. 412 (Exch.) 414; 10 Ex. 199, 200 (Eng.)
- My learned Brother Cresswell directed the jury to make the calculation […]
- "My learned friend" (a formal, courteous description of a lawyer, confined to use by lawyers in court to describe their colleagues), and ("The honourable and learned member") by MPs in Parliament to refer to colleagues who are lawyers)
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iii:
- scholarly exhibiting scholarship
- (having much knowledge) brainy, erudite, knowledgeable, scholarly, educated
- See also Thesaurus:learned
- (having little knowledge) ignorant, stupid, thick, uneducated
- French: érudit, savant, instruit
- German: gelehrt
- Italian: colto, dotto, istruito, erudito, letterato
- Portuguese: douto, erudito, instruído, sábio, culto
- Russian: учёный
- Spanish: erudito, leído
- (US and dialectal English) Simple past tense and past participle of learn
learned
- Derived from experience; acquired by learning.
- Everyday behavior is an overlay of learned behavior over instinct.
- French: appris
- Russian: нау́чный
Learned
Proper noun
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