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8 letters · 20 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a person of intellectual or erudite tastes
adjective highly cultured or educated
originA compound of the words high + brow, first recorded usage in 1875. Referring to the (by that time discredited) science of phrenology, which suggested that a person of intelligence and sophistication would possess a higher brow-line than someone of lesser intelligence and sophistication.
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