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booklear

booklear noun: learning acquired from books.

Noun

booklear (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Learning acquired from books.
    • My lord, my legs and arms stood me in more stead than either my gentle kin or my booklear, […]1819, The Monthly Repertory of English Literature, page 11
    • Of what service are booklear or scholar-craft to a knight or gentleman of coat-armour? Nay, pshaw! I leave all such to monks and scribes […]1851, James Grant, Bothwell: Or, The Days of Mary Queen of Scots, volume 1, page 155

Questions about booklear

What does booklear mean?
Booklear means learning acquired from books.
What part of speech is booklear?
Booklear is a noun.

Words near booklear in the dictionary

  1. bookkeepings
  2. bookkeeps
  3. bookkept
  4. bookland
  5. booklands
  6. booklear
  7. booklearning
  8. booklegger
  9. bookleggers
  10. booklegging
  11. bookless

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