book-learned en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English bok-lerned, boke-lornut, equivalent to book + learned.
Meanings
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(derogatory, not-comparable, often) Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books, as opposed to from practical knowledge.
Whate'er these book-learn'd block-heads say, Solon's the veriest fool in all the play.
1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Third Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC: