| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books.[Websters]
2. Being well-read, erudite or scholarly. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb book-learnedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (book-learnedly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective book-learned.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BOOK-LEARNED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1886. (references) |
| Note: Book-learned \Book"-learned`\, adjective. Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books. [Often in disparaging sense.]. (references) |
