broadbrowadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈbrɔːdbraʊ/, U.S.

/ˈbrɔdˌbraʊ/,

/ˈbrɑdˌbraʊ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: broad adj.¹, brow n.¹

Etymology: < broad adj.¹ + brow n.¹, after highbrow n., etc.Coined by J. B. Priestley (1894–1984) as a term used in explicit contrast to highbrow n. and lowbrow n., with positive connotations (compare broad adj.¹ 6); middlebrow n. was already in use, but typically with depreciative connotations.

A. adj.

Neither highbrow nor lowbrow; appealing to people with a broad range of cultural interests. Cf. middlebrow adj.

1924 Gramophone & Talking Machine News Dec. 458 In gramophonic circles there are few artists better liked by what we may call the broad-brow enthusiasts than Robert Howe and Jessie Broughton.

1931 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 23 Mar. 7/7 Why not have an occasionally highbrow evening, then a lowbrow evening, and maybe a broadbrow evening in between?

2003 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 22 Feb. 29 Jonathan Biggins hosts a panel of experts to discuss what's topical in the world of arts and entertainment. More broadbrow than highbrow.

B. n.

Usually with capital initial. A person of broad cultural interests; someone who is neither highbrow nor lowbrow. Cf. middlebrow n. Now rare.Use is mainly restricted to the period (late 1920s to early 1930s) when debates about the division between intellectual and popular culture were active in Britain. Priestley's use has strongly positive connotations; compare broad adj.¹ 6, and contrast the frequently depreciative connotations of middlebrow.

ΘΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [noun] > mediocre person > of broad or average cultural interests

middlebrow1912

broad-brow1927

mid-brow1928

1926 J. B. Priestley in Sat. Rev. 20 Feb. 223/1 If you can carry with you your sense of values, your appreciation of the human scene, your critical faculty, to Russian dramas, variety shows, football matches, epic poems, grand opera, race meetings, old churches, new town halls,..and enjoy to the full what there is there worth enjoying, giving even the Devil his due, then you are a Broadbrow.

1927 Observer 11 Sept. 21/1 It is no longer highbrow versus lowbrow. We are all broadbrows, and what we want to listen to depends on our mood.

1929 H. G. Wells King who was King i. §2. 22 The Broadbrow is as anxious not to be ‘arty’ as the Low-brow and as terrified of the cheap and obvious as the High-brow.

1956 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 May 293/1 The Broadbrow is, at first sight, Mr. Priestley. And most of the essays here are the Broadbrow's work.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	broadbrow
释义	broadbrowadj.n. Brit. /ˈbrɔːdbraʊ/, U.S. /ˈbrɔdˌbraʊ/, /ˈbrɑdˌbraʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: broad adj.¹, brow n.¹ Etymology: < broad adj.¹ + brow n.¹, after highbrow n., etc.Coined by J. B. Priestley (1894–1984) as a term used in explicit contrast to highbrow n. and lowbrow n., with positive connotations (compare broad adj.¹ 6); middlebrow n. was already in use, but typically with depreciative connotations. A. adj. Neither highbrow nor lowbrow; appealing to people with a broad range of cultural interests. Cf. middlebrow adj. Π 1924 Gramophone & Talking Machine News Dec. 458 In gramophonic circles there are few artists better liked by what we may call the broad-brow enthusiasts than Robert Howe and Jessie Broughton. 1931 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 23 Mar. 7/7 Why not have an occasionally highbrow evening, then a lowbrow evening, and maybe a broadbrow evening in between? 2003 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 22 Feb. 29 Jonathan Biggins hosts a panel of experts to discuss what's topical in the world of arts and entertainment. More broadbrow than highbrow. B. n. Usually with capital initial. A person of broad cultural interests; someone who is neither highbrow nor lowbrow. Cf. middlebrow n. Now rare.Use is mainly restricted to the period (late 1920s to early 1930s) when debates about the division between intellectual and popular culture were active in Britain. Priestley's use has strongly positive connotations; compare broad adj.¹ 6, and contrast the frequently depreciative connotations of middlebrow. ΘΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [noun] > mediocre person > of broad or average cultural interests middlebrow1912 broad-brow1927 mid-brow1928 1926 J. B. Priestley in Sat. Rev. 20 Feb. 223/1 If you can carry with you your sense of values, your appreciation of the human scene, your critical faculty, to Russian dramas, variety shows, football matches, epic poems, grand opera, race meetings, old churches, new town halls,..and enjoy to the full what there is there worth enjoying, giving even the Devil his due, then you are a Broadbrow. 1927 Observer 11 Sept. 21/1 It is no longer highbrow versus lowbrow. We are all broadbrows, and what we want to listen to depends on our mood. 1929 H. G. Wells King who was King i. §2. 22 The Broadbrow is as anxious not to be ‘arty’ as the Low-brow and as terrified of the cheap and obvious as the High-brow. 1956 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 May 293/1 The Broadbrow is, at first sight, Mr. Priestley. And most of the essays here are the Broadbrow's work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < adj.n.1924
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