Hypertext Webster Gateway: "learnedness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Learned \Learn"ed\, a.
Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized
by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite;
well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a
learned book; a learned theory.
The learnedlover lost no time. --Spenser.
Men of much reading are greatly learned, but may be
little knowing. --Locke.
Words of learned length and thundering sound.
--Goldsmith.
{The learned}, learned men; men of erudition; scholars. --
{Learn"ed*ly}, adv. {Learn"ed*ness}, n.
Every coxcomb swears as learnedly as they. --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
learnedness
n : profound knowledge [syn: {eruditeness}, {erudition}, {learning},
{scholarship}]
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