Added 9 October 2026
learned
/ˈlɜːnɪd/ adjective
In Latin: doctus, ērudītus, litterātus Wiktionary
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- Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
- A courteous description used in various ways to refer to lawyers or judges.
- Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.
verb
- simple past and past participle of learn
adjective
Origin
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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