booklearning

Rare form of book-learning.

Noun

  1. Rare form of book-learning.
    • His venerable uncle who lived with us — my great uncle — gave me his blessing and told me, I remember, that so far as booklearning went, I could learn as much without going to college. Still he did not discourage my...
    • "I am pleased to make your acquaintance," she said in precise, carefully enunciated Drysian. She sounded like someone who'd perfected the language through booklearning but hadn't yet learned the art of conversing with...