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Book-learned

Book′-learnedˊ

,
Adj.
Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books.
[Often in a disparaging sense.]
Whate’er these
book-learned
blockheads say,
Solon's the veriest fool in all the play.
Dryden.

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book-learned

book-learned

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book-learned (not comparable)

  1. (often disparagingly) Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books.
    Whate'er these book-learned blockheads say, Solon's the veriest fool in all the play Dryden

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