book-learned

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Smith was intrigued enough that he looked up “bird scientist” in a reference book, learned what it was and set his sights on becoming an ornithologist.

From Washington Times • Jul. 4, 2020

Hart, the hero of that book, "learned to love the law," an ironic expression of Harvard Law School students.

From Time Magazine Archive

Probably a good deal of his pretentiousness was due to the fact that he habitually expressed himself in a book learned language, wholly remote from anything personal, native, or homely.

From The Song of the Lark by Cather, Willa Sibert

And she— Faith, she drew me out with shy questions till that part of my life which would bear telling must have been to her a book learned by rote.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart

Let him not be overwhelmed when all his faults are observed, set in a note book, learned and conned by rote, to be cast into his teeth.

From A Review of Hoffman's Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 1 by Miller, Kelly