learned

 
Pronunciation: /ˈləːnɪd/

adjective

  • (of a person) having acquired much knowledge through study: a learned, generous, and notoriously absent-minded man
  • showing, requiring, or characterized by learning; scholarly: an article in a learned journal
  • British used as a courteous description of a lawyer in certain formal contexts: my learned friend

Derivatives

learnedly

adverb

learnedness

noun

Origin:

Middle English: from learn, in the sense 'teach'