booklear

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noun

Learning acquired from books.

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Meanings

nounbooklear (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableLearning acquired from books.

    My lord, my legs and arms stood me in more stead than either my gentle kin or my booklear, […]

    1819, The Monthly Repertory of English Literature, page 11
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    Of what service are booklear or scholar-craft to a knight or gentleman of coat-armour? Nay, pshaw! I leave all such to monks and scribes […]

    1851, James Grant, Bothwell: Or, The Days of Mary Queen of Scots, volume 1, page 155

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Bakerloo
Cite this entry
APA

booklear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booklear

MLA

“booklear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booklear. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “booklear,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/booklear.

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