unlearnedadj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈləːnᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈlərnəd/ (in sense A. 4)Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈləːnd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈlərnd/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and learned adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, learned adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + learned adj. Compare earlier unleared adj. and later unlearnt adj.Compare Old High German ungelirnēt not learnt (Middle High German ungelernet (of work) unfamiliar, German ungelernt unskilled, not learnt). The disyllabic pronunciation

/(ˌ)ʌnˈləːnd/ was previously also common in senses other than A. 4.

A. adj.

1. Lacking knowledge, expertise, or experience with regard to a particular subject or skill; unskilled or unpractised in something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > in something spec.

unlearnedc1384

unknowna1393

unskilled1581

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. xi. 6 I be vnlerned [a1400 N.Y. Publ. Lib. vnlerid, c1400 Royal 1.B.6 not lernid; a1425 L.V. unlernd; L. imperitus] in sermoun or word, but not in science, or kunnyng.

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 2270 (MED) We Romayns þat þey han in prison loke, Ben but ȝonge froth, vnlerned in batayle.

1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. lxxj^v He maye not be vnlerned in the secretes of the fayth.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Rudis Vnlearned in the Greeke tongue.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxxxviii. sig. I^v Some vntuterd youth, Vnlearned in the worlds false subtilties.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 56 I know thee well: But in thy Fortunes am vnlearn'd, and strange.

1665 W. Drage Daimonomageia 39 This Redman, by relation, is unlearned in the Languages.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 150 Unlearn'd in all th' industrious arts of toil.

1779 Pictures of Men, Manners & Times II. xxiv. 92 Unlearned in, and ridiculing, the foppery of the fashionable world.

1833 Ld. Tennyson To J. S. v Alas! In grief I am not all unlearn'd.

1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay viii. 123 Unlearned in the world's lore which was so familiar to himself!

1919 Virginia Law Rev. 6 63 The deed bears on its face evidence of having been drafted by one unlearned in legal phraseology.

1973 Irish Times 30 July 10/8 They are unlearned in the major genres of music.

2010 P. S. Ropp China in World Hist. iv. 50 Half-civilized barbarians, unlearned in the ways of Confucianism.

2. Lacking in learning; uneducated, or not well educated; ignorant, unsophisticated.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective]

unlearedeOE

untowenc1000

unwittyc1000

skillessc1175

uncouthc1220

lewda1225

lorelessa1300

simplea1325

layc1330

uncunning1340

untaughtc1340

unknowingc1350

rudea1382

roida1400

unquainta1400

ignorant?c1400

unlearnedc1400

misknowing?a1425

simple-hearted?c1425

unknownc1475

unkenningc1480

unweeting1483

nescienta1500

craftlessc1530

misliterate1532

sillya1547

ingram1553

gross1561

inscient1578

borowe1579

plain-headeda1586

empirical1588

rudeful1589

lack-learning1590

learnless?1593

wotless?1594

ingrant1597

untutored1597

small-knowing1598

uninstructed1598

unlearnt1609

unread1609

unware?1611

nescious1623

inscious1633

inscientifical1660

uninformed1702

unaware1704

unable1721

unsuspecting1776

inerudite1801

ill-informed1824

incognoscent1827

unminded1831

unknowledgeable1837

knowledgelessc1843

parviscient1862

clueless1943

c1400 Apocalypse St. John: B Version (Harl. 171) (1971) 9 (MED) Bi þe seuene sterris ben bitokened prelatis, þat owen to liȝtne þe vnlerned peple, þat ben in derknessis of vnkunnynge.

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 122 How it semeth to symple men vnlerned þat [etc.].

a1450 (c1395) Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (New Coll. Oxf.) (1850) 67 Bothe of the lerned man and vnlerned.

1537 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 131 Because I am rude and vnlernyd, and know not the scriptur.

1582 in Bible (Rheims) Luke x. 21 (margin) The humble vnlearned Catholike knoweth Christ better than the proud learned Heretike.

1630 E. Knott Charity Mistaken vii. 68 There would be, in effect, as many seuerall faithes, amongst vnlearned Christians.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxix. 169 These three opinions..proceeded chiefly from the tongues, and pens of unlearned Divines.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 331 Andronicus's name was prefix'd to it by a Modern and a very Unlearned Hand.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 221. ¶4 But as for my unlearned Friends, if they cannot relish the Motto, I take care to make Provision for them in the Body of my Paper.

1765 Museum Rusticum 4 450 I will now..give a free translation of it for the sake of your unlearned readers.

1820 Brit. Rev. June 306 The Sceptic is accustomed to challenge the unlearned Christian on the ground of argument.

1854 J. G. Whittier Maud Muller 79 She wedded a man unlearned and poor.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 190 But if you were not wise you were unlearned.

1904 G. M. Trevelyan Eng. under Stuarts i. 27 Helpless as an unlearned prisoner was in altercation with a well-primed magistrate or a couple of lawyers.

1972 Anniston (Alabama) Star 21 Mar. 4/4 There sure must be a lot of dumb and unlearned people in the state of Florida.

2016 Pittsburgh Tribune Rev. (Nexis) 21 Feb. The unlearned political commentariat insists still on calling Scalia's judicial philosophy ‘conservative’.

3. Characterized by or demonstrating ignorance or a lack of learning; associated with or relating to uneducated or unsophisticated people as a class.

ΚΠ

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Tim. ii. 23 Folisshe and vnlearned [Gk. ἀπαιδεύτους] questions.

1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epitome D iij b His booke is a carnall and vnlearned booke.

1604 F. Herring Modest Def. Caueat (title page) That unlearned and dangerous opinion.

c1657 A. Cowley Ode Dr. Harvey v A barb'rous Wars unlearned Rage.

1705 tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Commonw. Learning 43 With an unpolish'd and unlearned Stile.

1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1815) IV. 316 The unlearned and vulgar passion of admiration.

1839 T. Arnold Jrnl. 22 Sept. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) II. x. 167 An unlearned familiarity with the Scriptures.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. x. 187 The unlearned speech of the lower orders.

1926 Amer. Mercury Apr. 497/2 It nevertheless delves in no unlearned way into sociological problems.

1962 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 28 Aug. 4/5 Council refers in rather an unlearned manner to speculation as a bad thing.

2016 Guardian (Nexis) 28 June This may not be a scholarly book on Homer and his world..but it is by no means an unlearned one.

4. Not learnt; not acquired by learning; known intuitively or innately. Cf. unlearnt adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > [adjective] > acquired by learning > not

unlabouredc1450

unlearneda1533

unlearnt1644

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. C.v That there shuld be nothyng vnlerned of hym, he aboue all sciences sette his mynd to Cosmography.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 179 'Tis wonder That an inuisible instinct should frame them To Royalty vnlearn'd, Honor vntaught.

1698 E. Bellamy tr. J. Huarte Examen de Ingenios Proem sig. a6^v One speaks many Languages (unlearned).

1707 L. Echard Hist. Eng. iv. 63 What plain and unlearned Zeal, what obedient, quiet and hearty Devotion.

1820 in N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 14 Fact or fable, all was told in rhyme, And came unlearned and reached untaught the heart.

1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. ii. 45 The more he attributes to reason and the less to unlearned instincts.

1913 E. L. Thorndike Orig. Nature of Man xiii. 204 The learning of past generations becomes the unlearned tendencies of the present.

1962 Montana Standard 14 Mar. 4/5 Instinct is an innate, unlearned response.

2016 Kirkus Rev. (Nexis) 19 Jan. Some prodigies seem to be born with extraordinary, unlearned knowledge.

B. n.

Chiefly with the and plural agreement. Uneducated, ignorant, or unsophisticated people considered collectively or as a class.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [noun] > person > collectively

learned and lewedc1175

uncunning1338

rudea1350

unknowinga1400

unlearnedc1450

ignorant?a1513

simplec1535

ignorati1817

c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 38 (MED) Bi good ensaumplis þe preestis schuld lere Þe vnleerned how þei schulden doo.

1496 tr. Medytacions St. Bernarde sig. Aj^v I forbede to vnlerned presumptuous correccion.

c1500 Young Children's Bk. (Ashm. 61) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 23 In þi dysch sette not þi spone,..as vn-lernyd done.

1549 J. Olde tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Eph. Prol. to Rdr. C ii To seke the edification of the playne vnlearned.

1578 Bible (Geneva) Pref. to Christian Reader I haue so done for the vnlearneds sake.

1591 (?a1425) Abraham, Lot, & Melchysedeck (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. 62 (MED) I will expound yt appertly; the unlearned standinge herebye maye knowe what this may bee.

1623 J. Foorthe Apostles Catechisme (title page) For the benefite of the vnlearned and those that desire more Knowledge.

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 50 He useth variety of names, that his work may not easily be understood by the unlearned.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 457. ¶4 An Account of the Works of the Unlearned.

1770 J. Beattie Ess. Truth ii. i. 185 Do not all the unlearned to this day, believe that light is a simple fluid?

1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm v. 120 These doubtful opinions implicate inquiries which the unlearned can never prosecute.

1886 Fortn. Rev. Oct. 508 We must acknowledge, too, that experts know better than the unlearned.

1935 L. B. Wright Middle-class Culture Elizabethan Eng. x. 350 For the ease of the unlearned, Fowldes inserts the translations.

2014 Sc. Express (Nexis) 16 July 14 There will be very little room for the unlearned or talentless.

Compounds

Unlearned Parliament n. [after post-classical Latin parliamentum indoctorum (see Parliament of Dunces n. at parliament n.¹ 2b)] historical the parliament convened by Henry IV at Coventry in 1404, from which all lawyers were excluded; = Parliament of Dunces n. at parliament n.¹ 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > a particular English or British parliament

parliamenta1513

Unlearned Parliament1643

Exclusion Parliament1700

Parliament of bats1875

Parliament of Dunces1889

great Parliamentc1450

Good Parliament1580

addle parliament1614

giunto1641

junto1641

Unlearned Parliament1643

Long Parliament1646

rump?1653

Short Parliament1653

lay Parliament1655

Barebone's Parliament1657

Rump Parliament1659

Little Parliamenta1675

Long Parliament1678

Pensioner Parliament1678

Pensioned Parliament1681

Bluestocking Parliamenta1683

Pension Parliament1682

Pensionary Parliament1690

marvellous Parliament?1706

rumple1725

lack-learning Parliament1765

unreported Parliament1839

Cavalier Parliament1849

Addled Parliament1857

merciless Parliament1875

wonderful Parliament1878

nominated Parliament1898

1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. ii. 41 Another Parliament.., named the unlearned Parliament, either for the unlearnednesse of the persons, or for their malice to learned men.

1725 J. Stevens Royal Treasury of Eng. 138 No Members should be return'd who knew any thing of Law; and therefore this was afterwards call'd The Unlearned Parliament.

1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xviii. §634–5 In October at Coventry the ‘Unlearned Parliament’ met. This assembly acquired its ominous name from the fact that in the writ of summons, the king..directed that no lawyers should be returned as members.

1958 N. Wilding & P. Laundy Encycl. Parl. 579 This Parliament was afterwards branded as the Unlearned Parliament or Parliamentum indoctum, probably by the legal profession.

2008 D. Biggs in G. Dodd & D. Biggs Reign Henry IV viii. 193 The king addressed the house of commons in the Unlearned Parliament.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unlearned
释义	unlearnedadj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈləːnᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈlərnəd/ (in sense A. 4)Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈləːnd/, U.S. /ˌənˈlərnd/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and learned adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, learned adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + learned adj. Compare earlier unleared adj. and later unlearnt adj.Compare Old High German ungelirnēt not learnt (Middle High German ungelernet (of work) unfamiliar, German ungelernt unskilled, not learnt). The disyllabic pronunciation /(ˌ)ʌnˈləːnd/ was previously also common in senses other than A. 4. A. adj. 1. Lacking knowledge, expertise, or experience with regard to a particular subject or skill; unskilled or unpractised in something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > in something spec. unlearnedc1384 unknowna1393 unskilled1581 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. xi. 6 I be vnlerned [a1400 N.Y. Publ. Lib. vnlerid, c1400 Royal 1.B.6 not lernid; a1425 L.V. unlernd; L. imperitus] in sermoun or word, but not in science, or kunnyng. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 2270 (MED) We Romayns þat þey han in prison loke, Ben but ȝonge froth, vnlerned in batayle. 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. lxxj^v He maye not be vnlerned in the secretes of the fayth. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Rudis Vnlearned in the Greeke tongue. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxxxviii. sig. I^v Some vntuterd youth, Vnlearned in the worlds false subtilties. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 56 I know thee well: But in thy Fortunes am vnlearn'd, and strange. View more context for this quotation 1665 W. Drage Daimonomageia 39 This Redman, by relation, is unlearned in the Languages. 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 150 Unlearn'd in all th' industrious arts of toil. 1779 Pictures of Men, Manners & Times II. xxiv. 92 Unlearned in, and ridiculing, the foppery of the fashionable world. 1833 Ld. Tennyson To J. S. v Alas! In grief I am not all unlearn'd. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay viii. 123 Unlearned in the world's lore which was so familiar to himself! 1919 Virginia Law Rev. 6 63 The deed bears on its face evidence of having been drafted by one unlearned in legal phraseology. 1973 Irish Times 30 July 10/8 They are unlearned in the major genres of music. 2010 P. S. Ropp China in World Hist. iv. 50 Half-civilized barbarians, unlearned in the ways of Confucianism. 2. Lacking in learning; uneducated, or not well educated; ignorant, unsophisticated. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] unlearedeOE untowenc1000 unwittyc1000 skillessc1175 uncouthc1220 lewda1225 lorelessa1300 simplea1325 layc1330 uncunning1340 untaughtc1340 unknowingc1350 rudea1382 roida1400 unquainta1400 ignorant?c1400 unlearnedc1400 misknowing?a1425 simple-hearted?c1425 unknownc1475 unkenningc1480 unweeting1483 nescienta1500 craftlessc1530 misliterate1532 sillya1547 ingram1553 gross1561 inscient1578 borowe1579 plain-headeda1586 empirical1588 rudeful1589 lack-learning1590 learnless?1593 wotless?1594 ingrant1597 untutored1597 small-knowing1598 uninstructed1598 unlearnt1609 unread1609 unware?1611 nescious1623 inscious1633 inscientifical1660 uninformed1702 unaware1704 unable1721 unsuspecting1776 inerudite1801 ill-informed1824 incognoscent1827 unminded1831 unknowledgeable1837 knowledgelessc1843 parviscient1862 clueless1943 c1400 Apocalypse St. John: B Version (Harl. 171) (1971) 9 (MED) Bi þe seuene sterris ben bitokened prelatis, þat owen to liȝtne þe vnlerned peple, þat ben in derknessis of vnkunnynge. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 122 How it semeth to symple men vnlerned þat [etc.]. a1450 (c1395) Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (New Coll. Oxf.) (1850) 67 Bothe of the lerned man and vnlerned. 1537 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 131 Because I am rude and vnlernyd, and know not the scriptur. 1582 in Bible (Rheims) Luke x. 21 (margin) The humble vnlearned Catholike knoweth Christ better than the proud learned Heretike. 1630 E. Knott Charity Mistaken vii. 68 There would be, in effect, as many seuerall faithes, amongst vnlearned Christians. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxix. 169 These three opinions..proceeded chiefly from the tongues, and pens of unlearned Divines. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 331 Andronicus's name was prefix'd to it by a Modern and a very Unlearned Hand. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 221. ¶4 But as for my unlearned Friends, if they cannot relish the Motto, I take care to make Provision for them in the Body of my Paper. 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 450 I will now..give a free translation of it for the sake of your unlearned readers. 1820 Brit. Rev. June 306 The Sceptic is accustomed to challenge the unlearned Christian on the ground of argument. 1854 J. G. Whittier Maud Muller 79 She wedded a man unlearned and poor. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 190 But if you were not wise you were unlearned. 1904 G. M. Trevelyan Eng. under Stuarts i. 27 Helpless as an unlearned prisoner was in altercation with a well-primed magistrate or a couple of lawyers. 1972 Anniston (Alabama) Star 21 Mar. 4/4 There sure must be a lot of dumb and unlearned people in the state of Florida. 2016 Pittsburgh Tribune Rev. (Nexis) 21 Feb. The unlearned political commentariat insists still on calling Scalia's judicial philosophy ‘conservative’. 3. Characterized by or demonstrating ignorance or a lack of learning; associated with or relating to uneducated or unsophisticated people as a class. ΚΠ 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Tim. ii. 23 Folisshe and vnlearned [Gk. ἀπαιδεύτους] questions. 1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Epitome D iij b His booke is a carnall and vnlearned booke. 1604 F. Herring Modest Def. Caueat (title page) That unlearned and dangerous opinion. c1657 A. Cowley Ode Dr. Harvey v A barb'rous Wars unlearned Rage. 1705 tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Commonw. Learning 43 With an unpolish'd and unlearned Stile. 1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1815) IV. 316 The unlearned and vulgar passion of admiration. 1839 T. Arnold Jrnl. 22 Sept. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) II. x. 167 An unlearned familiarity with the Scriptures. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. x. 187 The unlearned speech of the lower orders. 1926 Amer. Mercury Apr. 497/2 It nevertheless delves in no unlearned way into sociological problems. 1962 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 28 Aug. 4/5 Council refers in rather an unlearned manner to speculation as a bad thing. 2016 Guardian (Nexis) 28 June This may not be a scholarly book on Homer and his world..but it is by no means an unlearned one. 4. Not learnt; not acquired by learning; known intuitively or innately. Cf. unlearnt adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > [adjective] > acquired by learning > not unlabouredc1450 unlearneda1533 unlearnt1644 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. C.v That there shuld be nothyng vnlerned of hym, he aboue all sciences sette his mynd to Cosmography. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 179 'Tis wonder That an inuisible instinct should frame them To Royalty vnlearn'd, Honor vntaught. View more context for this quotation 1698 E. Bellamy tr. J. Huarte Examen de Ingenios Proem sig. a6^v One speaks many Languages (unlearned). 1707 L. Echard Hist. Eng. iv. 63 What plain and unlearned Zeal, what obedient, quiet and hearty Devotion. 1820 in N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 14 Fact or fable, all was told in rhyme, And came unlearned and reached untaught the heart. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. ii. 45 The more he attributes to reason and the less to unlearned instincts. 1913 E. L. Thorndike Orig. Nature of Man xiii. 204 The learning of past generations becomes the unlearned tendencies of the present. 1962 Montana Standard 14 Mar. 4/5 Instinct is an innate, unlearned response. 2016 Kirkus Rev. (Nexis) 19 Jan. Some prodigies seem to be born with extraordinary, unlearned knowledge. B. n. Chiefly with the and plural agreement. Uneducated, ignorant, or unsophisticated people considered collectively or as a class. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [noun] > person > collectively learned and lewedc1175 uncunning1338 rudea1350 unknowinga1400 unlearnedc1450 ignorant?a1513 simplec1535 ignorati1817 c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 38 (MED) Bi good ensaumplis þe preestis schuld lere Þe vnleerned how þei schulden doo. 1496 tr. Medytacions St. Bernarde sig. Aj^v I forbede to vnlerned presumptuous correccion. c1500 Young Children's Bk. (Ashm. 61) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 23 In þi dysch sette not þi spone,..as vn-lernyd done. 1549 J. Olde tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Eph. Prol. to Rdr. C ii To seke the edification of the playne vnlearned. 1578 Bible (Geneva) Pref. to Christian Reader I haue so done for the vnlearneds sake. 1591 (?a1425) Abraham, Lot, & Melchysedeck (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. 62 (MED) I will expound yt appertly; the unlearned standinge herebye maye knowe what this may bee. 1623 J. Foorthe Apostles Catechisme (title page) For the benefite of the vnlearned and those that desire more Knowledge. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 50 He useth variety of names, that his work may not easily be understood by the unlearned. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 457. ¶4 An Account of the Works of the Unlearned. 1770 J. Beattie Ess. Truth ii. i. 185 Do not all the unlearned to this day, believe that light is a simple fluid? 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm v. 120 These doubtful opinions implicate inquiries which the unlearned can never prosecute. 1886 Fortn. Rev. Oct. 508 We must acknowledge, too, that experts know better than the unlearned. 1935 L. B. Wright Middle-class Culture Elizabethan Eng. x. 350 For the ease of the unlearned, Fowldes inserts the translations. 2014 Sc. Express (Nexis) 16 July 14 There will be very little room for the unlearned or talentless. Compounds Unlearned Parliament n. [after post-classical Latin parliamentum indoctorum (see Parliament of Dunces n. at parliament n.¹ 2b)] historical the parliament convened by Henry IV at Coventry in 1404, from which all lawyers were excluded; = Parliament of Dunces n. at parliament n.¹ 2b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > a particular English or British parliament parliamenta1513 Unlearned Parliament1643 Exclusion Parliament1700 Parliament of bats1875 Parliament of Dunces1889 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > a particular English or British parliament > specific great Parliamentc1450 Good Parliament1580 addle parliament1614 giunto1641 junto1641 Unlearned Parliament1643 Long Parliament1646 rump?1653 Short Parliament1653 lay Parliament1655 Barebone's Parliament1657 Rump Parliament1659 Little Parliamenta1675 Long Parliament1678 Pensioner Parliament1678 Pensioned Parliament1681 Bluestocking Parliamenta1683 Pension Parliament1682 Pensionary Parliament1690 marvellous Parliament?1706 rumple1725 lack-learning Parliament1765 unreported Parliament1839 Cavalier Parliament1849 Addled Parliament1857 merciless Parliament1875 wonderful Parliament1878 nominated Parliament1898 1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. ii. 41 Another Parliament.., named the unlearned Parliament, either for the unlearnednesse of the persons, or for their malice to learned men. 1725 J. Stevens Royal Treasury of Eng. 138 No Members should be return'd who knew any thing of Law; and therefore this was afterwards call'd The Unlearned Parliament. 1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xviii. §634–5 In October at Coventry the ‘Unlearned Parliament’ met. This assembly acquired its ominous name from the fact that in the writ of summons, the king..directed that no lawyers should be returned as members. 1958 N. Wilding & P. Laundy Encycl. Parl. 579 This Parliament was afterwards branded as the Unlearned Parliament or Parliamentum indoctum, probably by the legal profession. 2008 D. Biggs in G. Dodd & D. Biggs Reign Henry IV viii. 193 The king addressed the house of commons in the Unlearned Parliament. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.c1384
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