'Learnedness' definitions:
Definition of 'learnedness'
From: WordNet
noun
Profound scholarly knowledge [syn: eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism]
Definition of 'Learnedness'
From: GCIDE
- Learned \Learn"ed\ (l[~e]rn"[e^]d), a. Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory. [1913 Webster]
- The learnedlover lost no time. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Men of much reading are greatly learned, but may be little knowing. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Words of learned length and thundering sound. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- The learned, learned men; men of erudition; scholars. -- {Learn"ed*ly}, adv. {Learn"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
- Every coxcomb swears as learnedly as they. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'learnedness'
From: GCIDE
- learnedness \learn"ed*ness\ n. profound knowledge.
- Syn: eruditeness, erudition, learning, scholarship. [WordNet 1.5]