Definition of MIDDLEBROW

middlebrow

Meanings

Plural: middlebrows

Noun

  • someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow
  • A person or thing that is neither highbrow nor lowbrow, but in between.

Adj

  • Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between.

Origin / Etymology

From middle + brow, by analogy with highbrow and lowbrow. The term first appeared in Punch (1925) and was later used by Virginia Woolf (1930s) in an unsent letter to the New Statesman, published as a chapter in the book The Death of a Moth and Other Essays (1942).

Scrabble Score: 19

middlebrow is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
middlebrow is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
middlebrow is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

middlebrow is a valid Words With Friends word