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