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• low|brow — «LOH BROW», noun, adjective. Informal. –n. a person who is not cultured or intellectual. –adj. 1. of or suitable for a lowbrow: »Generalizations about the proportion of support for highbrow and lowbrow activity in any community must of course be… …   Useful english dictionary

• low-brow — see lowbrow …   English dictionary

• lowbrow — [[t]lo͟ʊbraʊ[/t]] also low brow ADJ GRADED If you say that something is lowbrow, you mean that it is easy to understand or appreciate rather than intellectual and is therefore perhaps inferior. His choice of subject matter has been regarded as… …   English dictionary

• lowbrow — also low brow, person who is not intellectual, 1902, from LOW (Cf. low) (adj.) + BROW (Cf. brow). Said to have been coined by U.S. journalist Will Irwin (1873 1948). A low brow on a man as a sign of primitive qualities was common in 19c. fiction …   Etymology dictionary

• lowbrow — low|brow [ lou,brau ] adjective lowbrow literature, television, etc. is not complicated or difficult to understand. This word shows that you think it is of low quality. Highbrow things are more difficult to understand and more likely to be… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• lowbrow — low|brow [ˈləubrau US ˈlou ] adj lowbrow entertainment, newspapers, books etc are easy to understand and are not concerned with serious ideas about art, ↑culture etc used to show disapproval ≠ ↑highbrow …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• lowbrow — low•brow [[t]ˈloʊˌbraʊ[/t]] n. 1) a person with little interest in intellect or culture 2) characteristic of a lowbrow • Etymology: 1905–10 …   From formal English to slang

• low-browed — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: low (IV) + browed 1. : being a person with a low brow or a low forehead low browed Neanderthaloids 2. : lowbrow …   Useful english dictionary

• Lowbrow (art movement) — Lowbrow, or lowbrow art [ [http://arthistory.about.com/od/arthistory101/a/lowbrow.htm The Birth of Lowbrow Art Answer dot Com] ] , describes an underground visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles, California, area in the late 1970s.… …   Wikipedia

• middlebrow — 1911 (adj.), 1912 (n.), from MIDDLE (Cf. middle) + BROW (Cf. brow) (Cf. HIGHBROW (Cf. highbrow), LOWBROW (Cf. lowbrow)). [T]here is an alarmingly wide chasm, I might almost say a vacuum, between the high brow, who considers reading either as a… …   Etymology dictionary

• Michael Leavitt (artist) — Mike Leavitt (a.k.a. ArtCardMike, Mikey Blue) Leavitt at work on 1998 Epiphany installation Birth name Michael Gipson Leavitt Born …   Wikipedia