Definitions
highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
Word origin
From Middle English lerned, lernd, lernyd, equivalent to learn + -ed, which replaced the earlier lered (“taught”), from Old English (ġe)lǣred, past participle of lǣran (“to teach”). Learn formerly had the meaning “to teach”, which is now found only in nonstandard speech, as well as its standard meaning of “to learn”.
Used in a sentence
“the learned Merlin, well could tell, / Vnder what coast of heauen the man did dwell […]”
“My learned Brother Cresswell directed the jury to make the calculation […]”
“The book opens with the Time Traveler dining with learned peers in late 1800s England, where he is trying to convince them that he has invented a time machine.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Gained knowledge”7 letters
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