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highbrow(dictionary)

crinkum (iou) and highbrow (iou)


crinkum (iou)



crinkum noun.slang. Also grincome. E17-L19.
[Origin unkn.]
sing. & (usu.) in pl. Venereal disease; syphilis.

highbrow (iou)



highbrow noun & adjective. colloq. (orig. US). L19.
[Back-form. from HIGHBROWED.]
A. noun. A person with (esp. consciously) superior intellectual or cultural interests. L19.
L. MacNeice A fall in the standard of intellectual living And nothing left that the highbrow cared about.
b. adjective. Designed for, appealing to, or characteristic of a highbrow. L19.
F. Spalding A highbrow seriousness that limits its appeal.
highbrowish adjective E20.
highbrowism noun intellectual superiority E20.