Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - learned

adj. 1 having much knowledge acquired by study. 2 showing or requiring learning (a learned work). 3 studied or pursued by learned persons. 4 concerned with the interests of learned persons; scholarly (a learned journal). 5 Brit. as a courteous description of a lawyer in certain formal contexts (my learned friend). Derivatives learnedly adv. learnedness n. Etymology: ME f. LEARN in the sense 'teach'