Definition of Highbrowed

1. Adjective. Highly cultured or educated. "A highbrowed literary critic"

Exact synonyms: Highbrow
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Intellectual
Derivative terms: Highbrow

Definition of Highbrowed

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Highbrowed

high yellow
higharched
highball
highballed
highballing
highbinders
highboard
highborn
highboy
highboys
highbred
highbrow
highbrowed (current term)
highbrowism
highbrowisms
highbrowness
highbrows
highbush
highbush blueberries
highbush blueberry
highbush cranberry
highchair
highchairs
highcut
highed
highen
higher

Literary usage of Highbrowed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Literary Chapters by Walter Lionel George (1918)
"That is because Mr. Arnold Bennett takes up to his public an attitude more highbrowed than I could imagine if I were writing a skit on his book. ..."

2. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"The initial neglect and highbrowed disdain regarding these temples was replaced by an understanding.of their importance and some of these temples came to be ..."

3. Big Business and Government by Charles Norman Fay (1912)
"Verily, to use the slang of the day, that were a " highbrowed " way to put ginger into a selling organization. Fortunately, natural competition is tolerably ..."

4. National Service Library edited by Charles Evans Kilbourne (1917)
"I was too highbrowed about this war business. I dream now of getting a commission.—"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" —Wells. Hugh's letters divided themselves ..."

5. Proceedings of the National Park Conference (1912)
"... in Congress was that all that we wanted were peacock lanes across the country for our highbrowed members to race over and endanger the farmer's children ..."

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