learned
adjectiveverbadjectivecommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈlɜːnɪd//
- United Kingdom//ˈlɜːnd//
- United States//ˈlɝnɪd//
- United States//ˈlɝnd//
Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
adjective
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Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
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.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW used to be both the best-known poet in the English-speaking world and the most beloved, adored by the learned and the lowly ...
- 2
A courteous description used in various ways to refer to lawyers or judges.
- 3
Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.
But our limits will not permit us to discuss the many important and curious questions respecting the science of government, to which this learned work invites attention.
Etymology
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”.
verb
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Also a form of learnsimple past and past participle of learn
Etymology
Past participle of learn.
adjective
- 1
Derived from experience; acquired by learning.
Everyday behavior is an overlay of learned behavior over instinct.
Forms
- comparative
- more learned
- superlative
- most learned
learned · Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
Learned · A surname.learner · One who is learning; one receiving instruction.learning · An act in which something is learned.