Lẽarn'ed, a.
(lẽrn'ed, 60), a. 1. Versed in literature and science; literate; as, a learned man. 2. Well acquainted with arts; knowing; skillful; — often with in; as, learned in martial arts. The learned lover lost no time. Spenser.
- Containing or exhibiting learning; as, a learned treatise or publication.
- Versed in scholastic, as distinct from other, knowledge.
Men of much reading are greatly learned, but may be little knowing. Locke. The learned, learned men; men of erudition; literati.