learnedness

learn·ed  (lûrnd)

adj.

1. Possessing or demonstrating profound, often systematic knowledge; erudite.

2. Directed toward scholars: a learned journal.

3. (lûrnd) Acquired by learning or experience: learned behavior; a learned response.

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[Middle English lerned, educated, past participle of lernen, to learn, teach; see learn.]

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learned·ly adv.

learned·ness n.

Synonyms: learned, erudite, scholarly
These adjectives mean having or showing profound knowledge: a learned jurist; an erudite professor; a scholarly treatise.

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Noun

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learnedness - profound scholarly knowledge encyclopaedism, encyclopedism, eruditeness, erudition, learning, scholarship education - knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education" letters - scholarly attainment; "he is a man of letters"