book-learned

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “book-learned”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Etymology

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

Adjective

book-learned (not comparable)

1. (often disparagingly) Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books.
   • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Whate'er these book-learned blockheads say, Solon's the veriest fool in all the play.

Derived terms

• book-learnedness
• book-learning

Anagrams

• brake noodle