Sentence examples for a witty learned from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a witty learned" is not correct in standard English usage.
It seems to be an attempt to combine two adjectives, but it lacks proper grammatical structure. An example could be: "He is a witty learned man, always ready with a clever remark."
Alternatives: "a clever scholar" or "an intelligent humorist."

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C. 966 Japan c. 1025 Japan Sei Shōnagon, (born c. 966, Japan died c. 1025, Japan) diarist and poet, a witty, learned lady of the court, whose Pillow Book (Makura no sōshi), apart from its brilliant and original Japanese prose style, is the best source of information on Japanese court life in the Heian period (784 1185).

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Sei Shōnagon, (born c. 966, Japan died c. 1025, Japan), diarist, poet, and courtier whose witty, learned Pillow Book (Makura no sōshi) exhibits a brilliant and original Japanese prose style and is a masterpiece of classical Japanese literature.

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A member of the Academy for nearly seven decades, a witty raconteur whose learning bridged the arts and sciences, he will be dearly missed by his friends and colleagues, including members of the Tuesday Lunch Group.

He can draft a contract, train a falcon, draw a map, stop a street fight, furnish a house and fix a jury". Fluent in many languages, learned, witty and thoughtful, he's also an intimidating physical presence; Wolsey fondly compares him to "one of those square-shaped fighting dogs that low men tow about on ropes".

Voltaire characterises the English as "a strange people", but "a nation fond of their liberty, learned, witty, despising life and death, a nation of philosophers".

Sometimes a witty name can take you places.

His best-known friend at Cambridge was the slightly older Gabriel Harvey, a fellow of Pembroke, who was learned, witty, and enthusiastic for ancient and modern literature but also pedantic, devious, and ambitious.

He himself affected rustic manners and speech, though he was witty and deeply learned.

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