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单词 well-leared
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well-learedadj.

Brit. /wɛlˈlɪəd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈlɪ(ə)rd/, Scottish English /wɛlˈlird/
Forms:

α. Old English wel-gelæred, Old English wel-gilærde (Northumbrian, plural), late Old English wel-gelered, early Middle English wel-ilæred, early Middle English wel-ileared.

β. late Middle English wel-lered; Scottish 1700s weel-lear'd, 1800s weel-leered, 1800s– weel-leared.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., ylered adj., lered adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + ylered adj. Compare Old Frisian welgelērd , Middle Dutch welgeleert (Dutch †welgeleert ), Middle High German wolgelērt , wolgelārt (German wohlgelehrt , (now archaic) wohlgelahrt ). In later use also < well adv. + lered adj. Compare well-learned adj.
Scottish in later use. Now rare.
= well-learned adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > intellectual command, mastery > [adjective]
well-learedeOE
well-learned1425
ripe1458
well-informeda1500
well-studied1530
travailed1551
great1552
learned1556
read1574
well-read1574
long on1875
eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) ii. xiii. 144 Wæs se mon wel gelæred & æðele ge in Cirste [read Criste] ge in his cirican.
OE (Northumbrian) Rushw. Gospels: John vi. 45 Erunt omnes docebilis dei : bioðon alle larwas uel welgilærde godes [OE Lindisf. laruas godes uel gode gelæredo].
lOE King Ælfred tr. St. Augustine Soliloquies (Vitell.) (1922) i. 36 Ne lyste þe fægeres wifes and sceamfestes and wel geleredes [L. litterata] and gooðra [read goodra] þeawa?
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 54 Sum is swa wel ileared oðer swa wis iworded.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10907 Þa tuȝen touward hirede..þreo biscopes wise a boke wel ilæred.
a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 5 (MED) Euer sal be in his þoht þat his munkis be wel lered.
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 181 As weel-lear'd trav'lers tell.
1839 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders V. 203 He's weel leared and wad be a credit to ony profession.
a1843 A. Crawfurd Huntly Casket & Other Tales & Lyrics (1861) 228 To be sure, I'm no sae weel leared as the minister.
1926 J. Horne Red Apothecary xx. 244 He was a clever, weel-leared (learned) chiel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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