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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 educated
Familiarity information: HIGHBROWED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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