book-learned

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

book-learned (not comparable)

1. (often pejortative) Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books, as opposed to from practica 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: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

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

Derived terms

• book-learnedness
• book-learning

References

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

Anagrams

• brake noodle