book-learned
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English bok-lerned, boke-lornut, equivalent to book + learned.
Adjective
[edit]book-learned (not comparable)
- (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: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
- Whate'er these book-learn'd block-heads say, Solon's the veriest fool in all the play.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “book-learned”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.