highbrow

Etymology
A compound of the words, first recorded usage in 1875. Referring to the (by that time discredited) science of, which suggested that a person of intelligence and sophistication would possess a higher brow-line than someone of lesser intelligence and sophistication.

Adjective

 * 1)  Intellectually stimulating, highly cultured, sophisticated.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: интелектуален
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * French:
 * German: ;  hochintellektuell, ; , , ;  hochgeistig, hochgestochen, ;  bildungsbürgerlich
 * Irish: ardnósach
 * Italian:, intellettualoide
 * Manx: ard-inçhynagh
 * Spanish:, ,

Noun

 * 1)  A cultured or learned person or thing.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: интелектуалец
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Portuguese: