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high·brow
(hī′brou′)adj. also high·browed (-broud′)
Of, relating to, or being highly cultured or intellectual: They only attend highbrow events such as the ballet or the opera.
n.
One who possesses or affects a high degree of culture or learning.
high′brow′ism n.
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highbrow
(ˈhaɪˌbraʊ)n
a person of scholarly and erudite tastes
adj
appealing to highbrows: highbrow literature.
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high•brow
(ˈhaɪˌbraʊ)n.
1. a person who has or affects superior intellectual or cultural interests and tastes.
adj. 2. Also, high′browed`. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a highbrow.
[1895–1900]
high′brow`ism, n.
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| Noun | 1. | highbrow - a person of intellectual or erudite tastes intellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively |
| Adj. | 1. | highbrow - highly cultured or educated; "highbrow events such as the ballet or opera"; "a highbrowed literary critic" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech intellectual - appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature" |
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highbrow
(Often disparaging)adjective
1. intellectual, cultured, sophisticated, deep, cultivated, brainy (informal), highbrowed, bookish He presents his own highbrow literary programme.
intellectual ignorant, philistine, unsophisticated, uninformed, shallow, unlearned, uncultivated, lowbrow, unintellectual
intellectual ignorant, philistine, unsophisticated, uninformed, shallow, unlearned, uncultivated, lowbrow, unintellectual
noun
1. intellectual, scholar, egghead (informal), brain (informal), mastermind, Brahmin (U.S.), aesthete, savant, brainbox (slang) the sniggers of the highbrows
intellectual illiterate, moron, philistine, imbecile (informal), idiot, ignoramus, lowbrow
intellectual illiterate, moron, philistine, imbecile (informal), idiot, ignoramus, lowbrow
Quotations
"A highbrow is a kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso" [A.P. Herbert The Highbrow]
"A highbrow is a kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso" [A.P. Herbert The Highbrow]
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highbrow
adjectiveInformal. Appealing to or engaging the intellect:
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Translations
highbrow
[ˈhaɪbraʊ]A. N → intelectual mf, persona f culta (pej) → intelectualoide mf
B. ADJ [book, play, film] → para intelectuales
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highbrow
[ˈhaɪbraʊ] adj [film, programme] → intellectuel(le), plutôt cérébral(e)
n → intellectuel(le) m/f, cérébral(e) m/fhigh chair highchair [ˈhaɪtʃɛər] n → chaise f haute, chaise f d'enfanthigh-class adj [ˌhaɪˈklɑːs]
[performance] → de grande classe; [service] → de grande classe
a high-class player → un(e) joueur/euse de grande classe
It's the hallmark of a high-class player → C'est la marque d'un joueur de grande classe.high command n → haut commandement mHigh Commission n → Haut Commissariat mHigh Commissioner n
a high-class player → un(e) joueur/euse de grande classe
It's the hallmark of a high-class player → C'est la marque d'un joueur de grande classe.high command n → haut commandement mHigh Commission n → Haut Commissariat mHigh Commissioner n
(= ambassador) [Commonwealth country] → Haut Commissaire mf
n → haute définition f
modif [video, camera] → haute définition; [broadcast] → haute définitionhigh definition television n → télévision f haute définitionhigh-density [ˌhaɪˈdɛnsɪti] modif
[housing] → à forte densité
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