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HIGHBROWED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does highbrowed mean? 

HIGHBROWED (adjective)
  The adjective HIGHBROWED has 1 sense:

1. highly cultured or educatedplay

  Familiarity information: HIGHBROWED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGHBROWED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Highly cultured or educated

Synonyms:

highbrow; highbrowed

Context example:

a highbrowed literary critic

Similar:

intellectual (appealing to or using the intellect)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


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