= lered, adj., learned.

Wise, learned, clever. Obsolete. (Cf. A. 7b.)

Having knowledge, well-informed; instructed, learned (in, earlier of, upon). Obsolete except as in 3b. (See also wise man, n. 2a, wise woman, n. 1.)

= learned, adj. Also absol., esp. in lered and lewd.

Having knowledge, knowing, learned. Obsolete.

Possessing knowledge or learning, learned; versed in (†of) a subject. Obsolete.

Of a person: Instructed, trained; †learned (obsolete). Now usually absol., ‘the taught’, or in combination with adverbs, as ill-taught, well-taught…

Clerkly, scholarly, learned, subtle.

irregularly as adjective = witty, adj. 4.

Skilled in philosophy; devoted to the pursuit of knowledge (formerly including the physical and natural sciences); learned. Now rare except in the…

Of persons and their faculties: †(a) trained, well-instructed (obsolete or archaic); (b) learned, scholarly (now somewhat rare except in sarcastic…

Used as = clergial, adj., learned, scholarly.

Of a person, the mind, etc.: instructed; educated about or acquainted with a fact, subject, etc.; knowledgeable.

Of a person: learned, deeply read; skilled, practised, versed. Cf. well-studied, adj. 1. Now somewhat rare.

learned.

Of a person: In early use, that has been taught; instructed, educated. In later use with narrowed sense: Having profound knowledge gained by…

Well-informed through reading; having read widely and attentively; learned, erudite.

Relating to, or characterizing, a scholar or scholars; befitting, or natural to, a scholar; involving or concerned with research, education, and…

Resembling or befitting a scholar or highly educated person; scholarly. Now rare.

Of a person: (perhaps) mature; grave; wise. Obsolete. rare.

Learned. Also with in (a specified subject).

Displaying education or training; scholarly. Now rare.

Knowledgeable, learned; skilled or trained in a specified profession or pursuit; (in later use also) adopting a scientific approach. Now rare.

Like a ‘clerk’ or scholar; clerkly, scholarly.

A supposed illiterate epithet for a man of learning.

Of persons, their faculties, etc.: knowledgeable about, skilled in, or devoted to philosophy or learning (formerly including natural philosophy)…

Relating to or characteristic of taste for or interest in the fine arts, esp. as pursued in the manner of a dabbler or dilettante; designating a…

Knowledgeable about or interested in natural philosophy; scholarly, learned. Cf. virtuoso, n. 1. Obsolete.

Learned, erudite.

Chiefly derogatory. Esp. of a woman: that is a bluestocking (bluestocking, n. 1); learned, scholarly, literary, intellectual. Also: belonging to or…

Hence, of a woman: having or affecting literary tastes in a manner originally associated with the women of the bluestocking circle; that is a…

That has been educated or instructed; erudite, learned; trained.

characterized by, or laying claim to, erudition.