Learned, 1) versed in science; of persons: Pilgr. 64. Pilgr. 64 Meas. V, 475. Ado III, 5, 68. V, 1, 234. LLL V, 1, 5. LLL V, 1, 5 V, 2, 72. V, 2, 72 Merch. IV, 1, 105. Merch. IV, 1, 105 Merch. IV, 1, 105 As V, 1, 42. All's II, 1, 119. H5 I, 2, 9. II, 2, 128. H6B I, 1, 89. IV, 7, 76. Cymb. III, 2, 27. the l. ones == scholars, H8 II, 2, 93. the l. == scholars: All's II, 2, 37. Rom. I, 2, 45. “added feathers to the --'s wing,” Sonn. 78, 7. With in: “my l. counsel in the laws,” H4B I, 2, 153. Of things: “l. books,” Lucr. 811. “l. preparations,” Wiv. II, 2, 237. “verses,” LLL IV, 2, 106. “by l. approbation,” H8 I, 2, 71.
2) skilful, wise, intelligent, clever: “well l. is that tongue that well can thee commend,” Pilgr. 64 and LLL IV, 2, 116. “never schooled and yet l.” As I, 1, 173. “free, l. and valiant,” Tw. I, 5, 279. “if you are l., be not as common fools,” Cor. III, 1, 99. “the eyes of the ignorant are more l. than the ears,” III, 2, 77. “knows all qualities, with a l. spirit, of human dealings,” Oth. III, 3, 259.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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