Erudite king meeting Scottish lout? (7)

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learned

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'erudite' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'king meeting scottish lout?' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'lear' (King Lear).
'meeting' says to put letters next to each other.
'scottish lout?' becomes 'ned' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lear'+'ned'='LEARNED'

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(Other definitions for learned that I've seen before include "Literati" , "Erudite - academic" , "Well educated and knowledgeable" , "Studied" , "Was taught" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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