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Definition of Highbrowed
1. Adjective. Highly cultured or educated. "A highbrowed literary critic"
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Intellectual
Derivative terms: Highbrow
Definition of Highbrowed
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Highbrowed
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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