highbrowadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈhʌɪbraʊ/, U.S.

/ˈhaɪˌbraʊ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., brow n.¹

Etymology: < high adj. + brow n.¹ Compare earlier high-browed adj. 2.

colloquial. Occasionally somewhat depreciative.Sometimes opposed to lowbrow and middlebrow.

A. adj.

1. Of the nature of or characterized by high culture; rarefied; intellectually demanding.

ΘΚΠ

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

intellectual1732

bluestocking1832

long-haired1842

intellectualist1857

high-browed1876

highbrow1884

intellectualistic1887

minority1930

egg-headed1957

eggheadish1963

1884 L. Troubridge Diary July in J. Hope-Nicholson Life amongst Troubridges (1966) xii. 169 Mr. Hope had suggested that we would be at some highbrow part of the Exhibition—looking at pictures I think.

1925 Punch 22 Apr. 437/2 ‘The programmes are too highbrow,’ I maintained. ‘They are hopelessly beyond the intelligence of the mass, at any rate.’

1971 N. Brown Antarctic Housewife iv. 20 The selection of books in the bookcase proclaimed Dr. Burien to be a man of culture, and the impression was confirmed when he..proceeded to play a selection of highbrow music.

2011 C. Taylor Londoners 45 I started off doing some very highbrow stuff for the BBC—poetry and prose reading.

2. Originally U.S. Of a person: highly intellectual or cultured.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [adjective] > cultured

polite1601

improved1617

cultivated1645

well-cultured1760

cultured1777

high-minded1827

highbrow1908

kulturny1955

1908 Evening Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 20 June 5/3 The popular primary and other schemes of the highbrow reformers.

1931 R. Church High Summer 12 Mother insists on my being highbrow and visiting all the historical places.

1957 London Mag. Jan. 48 I could imagine myself a brisk and efficient technocrat, a kind of highbrow tycoon.

2009 Spin July 96/2 David plays a highbrow Manhattan crankypants and Wood the young nymph besotted with him.

B. n.

Originally U.S. A highly intellectual or cultured person; a person with sophisticated taste.Sometimes in negative sense, with implications of intellectual snobbery or superciliousness.

ΘΚΠ

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

illuminate1602

intellectualist1605

intelligence1648

intellectual1652

aerialist1778

intellect1842

intellectuality1863

cerebralist1890

highbrow1898

longhair1920

egghead1952

boffin1954

boff1984

1898 Philadelphia Inquirer 4 June 14/4 (headline) The highbrow's Happy idea... ‘I am starving!’ moaned the unfortunate genius, sinking to the attic floor.

1934 S. R. Nelson All about Jazz i. 18 The strangely disreputable lady ‘Jazz’—disreputable because she was not sponsored by the highbrows.

1955 Times 23 June 11/4 The highbrows in those parts all go up in smoke or mist if you confess to liking those among their native artists who seem most typically Scottish.

1998 K. Lette Altar Ego xvii. 157 Julian, on the other hand, is a highbrow... The guy's a poetry-quoting brainiac.

Derivatives

ˈhighbrowish adj. = sense A. 1; (also) somewhat or rather highbrow.

ΘΚΠ

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

highbrowish1912

1912 Jrnl. Proc. & Addr. 50th Ann. Meeting (National Educ. Assoc.) 252 The communities that most need awakening are incapable of finding utility or amusement in these rather sophisticated and ‘highbrowish’ affairs.

1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz viii. 108 Does the very word ‘classical’ make you nervous because it sounds so highbrowish?

2005 A. Liberman Word Origins iv. 33 Those who find tenebrous unbearably highbrowish may take comfort in Longfellow's translation of Dante.

ˈhighbrowism n. the condition or fact of being highbrow.

ΘΚΠ

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

intellectualityc1465

intellectualness1667

highbrowism1908

1908 Collier's 6 June 13/1 Mr. Percy Mackaye's poetic tragedy, ‘Sappho and Phaon’, was one of the things which was fairly open, it seems to me, to the deprecation of highbrowism.

1937 John o' London's Weekly 1 Jan. 585/1 I am incapable of ‘highbrowism’, I make no pretensions to be a literary critic.

1993 Guardian 1 Sept. i. 3/2 That makes them very useful in a country with no tradition of highbrowism.

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

单词	highbrow
释义	highbrowadj.n. Brit. /ˈhʌɪbraʊ/, U.S. /ˈhaɪˌbraʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., brow n.¹ Etymology: < high adj. + brow n.¹ Compare earlier high-browed adj. 2. colloquial. Occasionally somewhat depreciative.Sometimes opposed to lowbrow and middlebrow. A. adj. 1. Of the nature of or characterized by high culture; rarefied; intellectually demanding. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > [adjective] intellectual1732 bluestocking1832 long-haired1842 intellectualist1857 high-browed1876 highbrow1884 intellectualistic1887 minority1930 egg-headed1957 eggheadish1963 1884 L. Troubridge Diary July in J. Hope-Nicholson Life amongst Troubridges (1966) xii. 169 Mr. Hope had suggested that we would be at some highbrow part of the Exhibition—looking at pictures I think. 1925 Punch 22 Apr. 437/2 ‘The programmes are too highbrow,’ I maintained. ‘They are hopelessly beyond the intelligence of the mass, at any rate.’ 1971 N. Brown Antarctic Housewife iv. 20 The selection of books in the bookcase proclaimed Dr. Burien to be a man of culture, and the impression was confirmed when he..proceeded to play a selection of highbrow music. 2011 C. Taylor Londoners 45 I started off doing some very highbrow stuff for the BBC—poetry and prose reading. 2. Originally U.S. Of a person: highly intellectual or cultured. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [adjective] > cultured polite1601 improved1617 cultivated1645 well-cultured1760 cultured1777 high-minded1827 highbrow1908 kulturny1955 1908 Evening Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 20 June 5/3 The popular primary and other schemes of the highbrow reformers. 1931 R. Church High Summer 12 Mother insists on my being highbrow and visiting all the historical places. 1957 London Mag. Jan. 48 I could imagine myself a brisk and efficient technocrat, a kind of highbrow tycoon. 2009 Spin July 96/2 David plays a highbrow Manhattan crankypants and Wood the young nymph besotted with him. B. n. Originally U.S. A highly intellectual or cultured person; a person with sophisticated taste.Sometimes in negative sense, with implications of intellectual snobbery or superciliousness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > [noun] > intellectual person illuminate1602 intellectualist1605 intelligence1648 intellectual1652 aerialist1778 intellect1842 intellectuality1863 cerebralist1890 highbrow1898 longhair1920 egghead1952 boffin1954 boff1984 1898 Philadelphia Inquirer 4 June 14/4 (headline) The highbrow's Happy idea... ‘I am starving!’ moaned the unfortunate genius, sinking to the attic floor. 1934 S. R. Nelson All about Jazz i. 18 The strangely disreputable lady ‘Jazz’—disreputable because she was not sponsored by the highbrows. 1955 Times 23 June 11/4 The highbrows in those parts all go up in smoke or mist if you confess to liking those among their native artists who seem most typically Scottish. 1998 K. Lette Altar Ego xvii. 157 Julian, on the other hand, is a highbrow... The guy's a poetry-quoting brainiac. Derivatives ˈhighbrowish adj. = sense A. 1; (also) somewhat or rather highbrow. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > [adjective] > fairly, extremely highbrowish1912 1912 Jrnl. Proc. & Addr. 50th Ann. Meeting (National Educ. Assoc.) 252 The communities that most need awakening are incapable of finding utility or amusement in these rather sophisticated and ‘highbrowish’ affairs. 1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz viii. 108 Does the very word ‘classical’ make you nervous because it sounds so highbrowish? 2005 A. Liberman Word Origins iv. 33 Those who find tenebrous unbearably highbrowish may take comfort in Longfellow's translation of Dante. ˈhighbrowism n. the condition or fact of being highbrow. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > [noun] intellectualityc1465 intellectualness1667 highbrowism1908 1908 Collier's 6 June 13/1 Mr. Percy Mackaye's poetic tragedy, ‘Sappho and Phaon’, was one of the things which was fairly open, it seems to me, to the deprecation of highbrowism. 1937 John o' London's Weekly 1 Jan. 585/1 I am incapable of ‘highbrowism’, I make no pretensions to be a literary critic. 1993 Guardian 1 Sept. i. 3/2 That makes them very useful in a country with no tradition of highbrowism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1884
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