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Book-learned

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books, as opposed to from practical knowledge. not-comparable

    "Whate'er these book-learn'd block-heads say, Solon's the veriest fool in all the play."

Etymology

From Middle English bok-lerned, boke-lornut, equivalent to book + learned.

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