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- Middle English · inherited frombok-lerned
- English todaybook-learned
From Middle English bok-lerned, boke-lornut, equivalent to book + learned.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
book-learned
Today it means: Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books, as opposed to from practical knowledge. Full definition →
Middle English bok-lerned