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having or displaying advanced knowledge or education
- any well-read person would recognize the quotation
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- academic
- (also academical),
- bookish,
- didactic,
- didactical,
- inkhorn,
- pedantic,
- professorial
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“Well-read.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/well-read. Accessed 22 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of well-read was in 1574
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