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Definition of low-browed in English: low-browedadjective ˈləʊˌbraʊd 1Of rocks: having a low brow; projecting low over the ground, overhanging (also figurative). Later also of a doorway, window, etc.: low; (of a building) having a low entrance; (by extension) dark, gloomy. 2Of a person or (in later use) a hominid or skull of a hominid: that has a low brow. Frequently depreciatively, with the implication of a small brain or primitive evolutionary status, and therefore a lack of intelligence, breeding, or cultured and civilized behaviour. 3Characteristic of, appropriate to, or appealing to the tastes of a low-browed person.
noun ˈləʊˌbraʊd With the and plural concord. Low-browed people as a class.
Origin Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Milton (1608–1674), poet and polemicist. From low + browed. Definition of low-browed in US English: low-browedadjectiveˈləʊˌbraʊd 1Of rocks: having a low brow; projecting low over the ground, overhanging (also figurative). Later also of a doorway, window, etc.: low; (of a building) having a low entrance; (by extension) dark, gloomy. 2Of a person or (in later use) a hominid or skull of a hominid: that has a low brow. Frequently depreciatively, with the implication of a small brain or primitive evolutionary status, and therefore a lack of intelligence, breeding, or cultured and civilized behaviour. 3Characteristic of, appropriate to, or appealing to the tastes of a low-browed person.
nounˈləʊˌbraʊd With the and plural concord. Low-browed people as a class.
Origin Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Milton (1608–1674), poet and polemicist. From low + browed. |