Exceedingly Well Read

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Exceedingly Well Read : Phrases

Meaning:

Erudite and literate.


Origin:

From Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1, 1597:

MORTIMER:

In faith, he is a worthy gentleman,

Exceedingly well read, and profited

In strange concealments, valiant as a lion

And as wondrous affable and as bountiful

As mines of India.

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