learnednessn.
/ˈləːnᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈlərnədnəs/ The quality or condition of being learned.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [noun] > scholarliness
knowledgec1475
clerkliness1533
scientialness1579
learning1611
scholarliness1611
learnedness1646
book-learnedness1661
research1700
knowledgeability1998
1646 E. Fisher Marrow Mod. Divin. (ed. 2) 227 Are there not some who give themselves to..learnednesse and clerklike skill in this art and that language?
1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel 72 By reason of their Learnedness in the Law.
1869 London Q. Rev. Jan. 266 He is a stumbling-block..to all conventional learnedness.
1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. ii. 29 The doctor's learnedness would be a subject to dilate on.
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