intellectual

== English == === Alternative forms === intellectuall (obsolete) === Etymology === From Old French intellectuel, from Latin intellectualis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/, /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃwəl/, /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃəl/ === Adjective === intellectual (comparative more intellectual, superlative most intellectual) Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive. 1920, Harold Monro, Preface to s:The year's at the spring; an anthology of recent poetry Pleasure is various, but it cannot exist where the emotions or the imagination have not been powerfully stirred. Whether it be called sensual or intellectual, pleasure cannot be willed Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind. (archaic, poetic) Spiritual. 1805, William Wordsworth, The Prelude, Book II, lines 331-334 (eds. Jonathan Wordsworth, M. H. Abrams, & Stephen Gill, published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1979): I deem not profitless those fleeting moods / Of shadowy exultation; not for this, / That they are kindred to our purer mind / And intellectual life […] ==== Antonyms ==== nonintellectual ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === intellectual (plural intellectuals) An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters. Synonyms: highbrow, academic, scholar Coordinate terms: egghead, nerd, geek (archaic) The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties. ==== Derived terms ==== public intellectual ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== clerisy intelligentsia === References === “intellectual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Raymond Williams (1983), “Intellectual”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 169