Quick-study definitions
One who is able to memorize something easily and quickly or is able to understand and deal with something easily and successfully.
noun
1880, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Belgravia (vol. XL), p80
... She is a quick study --' 'A what?' 'Learns her part rapidly, I mean. ...
noun
1888, Frances Aymar Mathews, His Way and Her Will, p81
"Ah!" sighs the little widow, "I absolutely don't know how I am! With all this professional jargon, and nothing but 'quick study' and 'lines,' in one ear; and 'left upper' and 'right lower,' in the other, I am almost distracted!"
noun