high-browedadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈhʌɪbraʊd/, U.S.

/ˈhaɪˌbraʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., browed adj.

Etymology: < high adj. + browed adj.Sense A. 2 is probably based on the belief that a high forehead indicates greater than average intellect: compare, for example, quot. 1828 at high adj. 5a and contrast earlier low-browed adj. 2.

A. adj.

1. Having a high forehead, with a relatively large distance between the eyes and the hairline or top of the head.In quot. ?1614 (of cattle): having straight or upright horns.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [adjective] > types of

brentc1400

high?c1450

steep1509

high-browed?1614

broad-fronteda1616

bluff1665

low-browed1734

lofty1798

baby-browed1843

bluff-browed1851

beautiful-browed1913

?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses xii. 190 He stands incenst, since we haue slaine His high-browd herd [Gk. βοῶν ὀρθοκραιράων].

1805 Caledonian Mercury 21 Mar. 1/5 Pitted with the small pox, high-browed and fairney tickled.

1875 Brit. Q. Rev. Apr. 500 One can conjure up a vision of them: the one fair, pale, high-browed.

1920 K. N. Burt Red Lady xiii. 149 A long, oval, high-browed countenance, with smooth, long, yellow hair.

1955 Life 7 Nov. 74/1 Homo sapiens..includes vanished subspecies of low-browed men as well as the high-browed subspecies..which is modern man.

1997 Yoga Jan. 71/1 He's a light but energetic presence, high-browed, with fine features.

2. figurative. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). = highbrow adj. Cf. low-browed adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > [adjective]

intellectual1732

bluestocking1832

long-haired1842

intellectualist1857

high-browed1876

highbrow1884

intellectualistic1887

minority1930

egg-headed1957

eggheadish1963

1876 B. Taylor Echo Club 88 No marvel of much wisdom Eustace was,—You know him, Hal,—no high-browed intellect.

1909 H. G. Wells Ann Veronica vii. 121 Their very furniture had mysteriously a high-browed quality.

1961 Alcalde (Univ. Texas) Oct. 20/1 I do not intend to imply that the alumni officer's undertaking..is to proceed with each alumnus as if he were necessarily high-browed, long-haired, and eggheaded.

2011 Fingal (Ireland) Independent (Nexis) 22 June Irish literature, its playwrights and its novelists were all celebrated over two days of high-browed entertainment at the airport.

B. n.

With plural agreement. With the. Intellectually or culturally superior people as a class.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > [noun] > intellectual person > collectively

intellect1602

illuminati1816

intellectual elite1830

intelligentsia1883

high-browed1908

1908 R. W. Chambers Firing Line ix. 127 You were very much amused, I suppose—to see me sitting bras-dessus-bras-dessous with the high-browed and precious.

1952 C. D. MacDougall Understanding Public Opinion xii. 440 To the unartistic layman the whole business may seem like a tempest in a teapot full of the high-browed.

2013 Mail & Guardian (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 21 Aug. No doubt her apparent urge to become the new Andy Warhol will be met with smirks and sneers by the high-browed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	high-browed
释义	high-browedadj.n. Brit. /ˈhʌɪbraʊd/, U.S. /ˈhaɪˌbraʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., browed adj. Etymology: < high adj. + browed adj.Sense A. 2 is probably based on the belief that a high forehead indicates greater than average intellect: compare, for example, quot. 1828 at high adj. 5a and contrast earlier low-browed adj. 2. A. adj. 1. Having a high forehead, with a relatively large distance between the eyes and the hairline or top of the head.In quot. ?1614 (of cattle): having straight or upright horns. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [adjective] > types of brentc1400 high?c1450 steep1509 high-browed?1614 broad-fronteda1616 bluff1665 low-browed1734 lofty1798 baby-browed1843 bluff-browed1851 beautiful-browed1913 ?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses xii. 190 He stands incenst, since we haue slaine His high-browd herd [Gk. βοῶν ὀρθοκραιράων]. 1805 Caledonian Mercury 21 Mar. 1/5 Pitted with the small pox, high-browed and fairney tickled. 1875 Brit. Q. Rev. Apr. 500 One can conjure up a vision of them: the one fair, pale, high-browed. 1920 K. N. Burt Red Lady xiii. 149 A long, oval, high-browed countenance, with smooth, long, yellow hair. 1955 Life 7 Nov. 74/1 Homo sapiens..includes vanished subspecies of low-browed men as well as the high-browed subspecies..which is modern man. 1997 Yoga Jan. 71/1 He's a light but energetic presence, high-browed, with fine features. 2. figurative. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). = highbrow adj. Cf. low-browed adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > [adjective] intellectual1732 bluestocking1832 long-haired1842 intellectualist1857 high-browed1876 highbrow1884 intellectualistic1887 minority1930 egg-headed1957 eggheadish1963 1876 B. Taylor Echo Club 88 No marvel of much wisdom Eustace was,—You know him, Hal,—no high-browed intellect. 1909 H. G. Wells Ann Veronica vii. 121 Their very furniture had mysteriously a high-browed quality. 1961 Alcalde (Univ. Texas) Oct. 20/1 I do not intend to imply that the alumni officer's undertaking..is to proceed with each alumnus as if he were necessarily high-browed, long-haired, and eggheaded. 2011 Fingal (Ireland) Independent (Nexis) 22 June Irish literature, its playwrights and its novelists were all celebrated over two days of high-browed entertainment at the airport. B. n. With plural agreement. With the. Intellectually or culturally superior people as a class. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > [noun] > intellectual person > collectively intellect1602 illuminati1816 intellectual elite1830 intelligentsia1883 high-browed1908 1908 R. W. Chambers Firing Line ix. 127 You were very much amused, I suppose—to see me sitting bras-dessus-bras-dessous with the high-browed and precious. 1952 C. D. MacDougall Understanding Public Opinion xii. 440 To the unartistic layman the whole business may seem like a tempest in a teapot full of the high-browed. 2013 Mail & Guardian (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 21 Aug. No doubt her apparent urge to become the new Andy Warhol will be met with smirks and sneers by the high-browed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.?1614
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