Book-learned

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Book-learned \Book"-learned`\, a.
     Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books. [Often
     in a disparaging sense.]
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           Whate'er these book-learned blockheads say,


           Solon's the veriest fool in all the play. --Dryden.
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