'Book-learned' definitions:

Definition of 'Book-learned'

From: GCIDE
  • Book-learned \Book"-learned`\, a. Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books. [Often in a disparaging sense.] [1913 Webster]
  • Whate'er these book-learned blockheads say, Solon's the veriest fool in all the play. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]