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well-read

  [wel-red]
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–adjective
having read extensively (sometimes fol. by in): well-read in oceanography.
Origin:
1590–1600
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well-read   (wěl'rěd')
adj.  Knowledgeable through having read extensively.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

well-read 
1596, from well (adv.) + pp. of read.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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