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well–read
adjective \-ˈred\
: having gained a lot of knowledge by reading
Full Definition of WELL-READ
: well-informed or deeply versed through reading <well–read in history>
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First Known Use of WELL-READ
1592
Related to WELL-READ
- Antonyms
- benighted, dark, ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unscholarly
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