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Definition of Overlearned
1. a. Too learned.
Definition of Overlearned
1. Verb. (past of overlearn) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overlearned
1. overlearn [v] - See also: overlearn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overlearned
Literary usage of Overlearned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The North American Review by Making of America Project, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge (1826)
"Plowden may well be suspected of the same overlearned zeal; and Lord Hale has
attested his own unwearied diligence and antiquarian researches, by manuscript ..."
2. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon, Robert Q. Marston (1986)
"At times of stress, overlearned familiar routines can serve as a solace. Equally,
12 to 25 percent will fare far worse and will show grossly inappropriate ..."
3. Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic by William Hamilton (1860)
"Of Lambert's originality there can, however, I think, be no doubt; for he was
exceedingly curious about, and not overlearned in, the history of these ..."
4. A Discourse of the Common Weal of this Realm of England by Elizabeth Lamond, William Cunningham (1893)
"... who were themselves, in all probability, not overlearned.—Athenaum, 15 August,
1891. From a literary standpoint they are interesting, being written in ..."
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