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Learned (2 syl.)

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Coloman, king of Hungary, was called The Learned (1095–1114). (See Beauclerc.)

The Learned Blacksmith. Elihu Burritt, the linguist, who was at one time a blacksmith (1811–1879).

The Eearned Painter. Charles Lebrun, so called from the great accuracy of his costumes (1619–1690).

The Learned Tailor. Henry Wild, of Norwich, who mastered, while he worked at his trade, the Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Chaldaic, Syriac, Persian, and Arabic languages (1684–1734).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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League
Leak Out (To)
Leal
Leander
Leaning Tower
Leap Year
Leap in the Dark (A)
Lear (King)
Learn
Learn by Heart (To)
Learned
Least Said the soonest Mended (The) or The Less Said
Leather
Leather or Prunella
Leathering
Leatherstocking (Natty)
Leave in the Lurch (To)
Leave out in the Cold (To)
Leave some for Manners
Leaves without Figs
Led Captain (A)