learned

English

/ˈlɜːnɪd/, /ˈlɝnɪd/, /lɜːnd/, /lɝnd/

adj
Definitions
  • Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
  • (legal)
  • scholarly exhibiting scholarship

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lerned affix from English learn derived from Old English lǣred, (ġe)lǣred.

Origin

Old English

lǣred, (ġe)lǣred

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