no-browadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊbraʊ/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊˌbraʊ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adj., brow n.¹

Etymology: < no adj. + brow n.¹, after lowbrow adj.

Chiefly humorous.

A. adj.

Having, or regarded as having, little or no intellectual or cultural value; demanding or involving very little intellectual application.

ΚΠ

1922 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 Nov. 3/3 We were all of us there, highbrow, lowbrow, and no brow, which means the atavistic group, who have been evolved into legitimate theatre clientele from the motion-picture cradle of the race.

1981 N.Y. Times 26 Apr. §6. ii. 42/2 His medium is the souvenir, which can be as highbrow as first edition by well-known authors of the regions he visits, or as no-brow as pennants from local fairs.

1991 Entertainm. Weekly 14 June 65/1 If you don't mind lowering your expectations, these scuzzfests can occasionally deliver solid no-brow entertainment.

2001 DJ 4 July 88/3 Monkey boy Mocky is also joined by fellow no-brow starlets Gonzales and Peaches for more adventures into a world of no musical hang-ups.

B. n.

A person having, or regarded as having, few or no cultural interests or little intellect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun]

mis-feelinga1382

noddyship?1589

shallow-pate1600

wattle-head1613

insensiblea1618

non-intelligent1628

underhead1643

no conjurer1668

insipid1699

shallow-brains1707

sillytonian1707

inane1710

coof1724

incapable1809

ganache1814

insipidity1822

wanwit1837

opacity1844

stupiditarian1850

scant-brain1864

insensate1877

slowie1901

no-brow1926

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [noun] > philistinism > Philistine

Goth1663

Saracen1723

Visigoth1749

barbarian1757

Philistine1825

Babbitt1921

no-brow1926

bourgeois1930

1926 Melody Maker May 1/3 There is very little evidence of that decline in dance music so hopefully preached by the ‘no’-brows and high-brows.

1960 Encounter 14 iii. 82 Unappalled at the high esteem granted Salinger (whose speciousness attracts fatally the sentimental undergraduate and the pretentious no-brow).

2000 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 12 Mar. To them, real intellectualism is scary, a threat to their ignorance, as it was to the Nazis. They are not so much low brows as no brows.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	no-brow
释义	no-browadj.n. Brit. /ˈnəʊbraʊ/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˌbraʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adj., brow n.¹ Etymology: < no adj. + brow n.¹, after lowbrow adj. Chiefly humorous. A. adj. Having, or regarded as having, little or no intellectual or cultural value; demanding or involving very little intellectual application. ΚΠ 1922 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 Nov. 3/3 We were all of us there, highbrow, lowbrow, and no brow, which means the atavistic group, who have been evolved into legitimate theatre clientele from the motion-picture cradle of the race. 1981 N.Y. Times 26 Apr. §6. ii. 42/2 His medium is the souvenir, which can be as highbrow as first edition by well-known authors of the regions he visits, or as no-brow as pennants from local fairs. 1991 Entertainm. Weekly 14 June 65/1 If you don't mind lowering your expectations, these scuzzfests can occasionally deliver solid no-brow entertainment. 2001 DJ 4 July 88/3 Monkey boy Mocky is also joined by fellow no-brow starlets Gonzales and Peaches for more adventures into a world of no musical hang-ups. B. n. A person having, or regarded as having, few or no cultural interests or little intellect. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] mis-feelinga1382 noddyship?1589 shallow-pate1600 wattle-head1613 insensiblea1618 non-intelligent1628 underhead1643 no conjurer1668 insipid1699 shallow-brains1707 sillytonian1707 inane1710 coof1724 incapable1809 ganache1814 insipidity1822 wanwit1837 opacity1844 stupiditarian1850 scant-brain1864 insensate1877 slowie1901 no-brow1926 the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [noun] > philistinism > Philistine Goth1663 Saracen1723 Visigoth1749 barbarian1757 Philistine1825 Babbitt1921 no-brow1926 bourgeois1930 1926 Melody Maker May 1/3 There is very little evidence of that decline in dance music so hopefully preached by the ‘no’-brows and high-brows. 1960 Encounter 14 iii. 82 Unappalled at the high esteem granted Salinger (whose speciousness attracts fatally the sentimental undergraduate and the pretentious no-brow). 2000 Scotl. on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 12 Mar. To them, real intellectualism is scary, a threat to their ignorance, as it was to the Nazis. They are not so much low brows as no brows. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1922
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