LEARNED


Meaning of LEARNED in English

in sense a -nə̇d sometimes -nd, in sense b -nd or -nt adjective

Etymology: Middle English lerned instructed, educated, from past participle of lernen to learn

: of or relating to learning: as

a.

(1) : possessing or characterized by academic learning : erudite

a learned periodical

the dean was a learned man, and loved long Latin words — W.M.Thackeray

(2) : associated with or dedicated to learning

such learned languages as Latin and Greek

a learned society

(3) : well informed, skilled, or practiced in a specific field

both are learned in Horace — E.T.Booth

experience had made my eye learned in the valuing of motion — Thomas De Quincey

b. : acquired by the learning process

learned skills

learned responses

• learned·ly adverb

• learned·ness noun -es

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.