CULTIVATED, CULTURE, CULTURED
ADJECTIVES
► COUTH cultured, well-mannered → 1896
► CULCHAD cultured, esp. in an affected or pretentious way → 1878 humorous or ironic usage
► CULT cultured, refined → 1598 obs.
► FINE-HAIRED cultivated; fastidious; too particular → 1873 Amer. dial.
► POINTY-HEADED cultivated; intellectual; cultured → 1968 Amer. sl.
► POLITIC cultured, polished, refined → 1596 Sc. obs.
NOUNS
► CULCHA culture or cultural pursuits, variously regarded as pretentious, exotic, alien, worthless, etc. → 1872 humorous or ironic usage
► CULTURAL CRINGE a supposed national inferiority complex regarding home-grown culture → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► CULTURAL DESERT a place or situation regarded as devoid of culture or intellectual interest → 1921 depreciative usage
NOUNS – PERSON
► CULTURATI cultured people considered as a class; members of a cultural elite → 1892 orig. US
► CULTURE VULTURE a person eager to acquire culture → 1947 sl., orig. US, derogatory
► CULTURE WARRIOR a person actively involved in protecting or promoting a particular culture or set of values regarded as being under threat; later, an activist advocating a conservative political agenda → 1982 orig. & chiefly US
► HIGHBROW a highly cultured or intellectual person; a person with sophisticated taste; a snob; an educated person → 1898 orig. US
► LADY-WIT an effeminate pretender to culture → 1647 obs.
► MIDDLEBROW a moderately cultivated person; a person of conventional tastes and interests in matters of culture → 1920 colloq.
► POLITE, THE cultured or refined people as a class → 1711