Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Learned \Learn"ed\, 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.

         The learnedlover lost no time.           --Spenser.

         Men of much reading are greatly learned, but may be
         little knowing.                          --Locke.

         Words of learned length and thundering sound.
                                                  --Goldsmith.

   {The learned}, learned men; men of erudition; scholars. --
      {Learn"ed*ly}, adv. {Learn"ed*ness}, n.

            Every coxcomb swears as learnedly as they. --Swift.