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   learned

   /ˈləːnɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) having acquired much knowledge through study: "a learned, generous, and notoriously absent-minded man"
   • ▪ showing, requiring, or characterized by learning; scholarly: "an article in a learned journal"
   • ▪ used as a courteous description of a lawyer in certain formal contexts: "my learned friend"

   Word Origin Middle English: from learn, in the sense ‘teach’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. learnedly adverb
   • 2. learnedness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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