book-learned

From Middle English bok-lerned, boke-lornut, equivalent to book +‎ learned.

book-learned (not comparable)

1. (often pejortative) Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books, as opposed to from practical knowledge.
   • 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Third Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

     Whate'er these book-learn'd block-heads say, Solon's the veriest fool in all the play.

• book-learnedness
• book-learning

• “book-learned”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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