learned
Pronunciation: /ˈlɜːnɪd/
The English word “learned” has 4 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
- A courteous description used in various ways to refer to lawyers or judges.
- Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.
- Derived from experience; acquired by learning.
Etymology
From Middle English lerned, lernd, lernyd, equivalent to learn + -ed, which replaced the earlier lered (“taught”), from Old English (ġe)lǣred, past participle of lǣran (“to teach”). Learn formerly had the meaning “to teach”, which is now found only in nonstandard speech, as well as its standard meaning of “to learn”.
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