Both Uses of
intellectual
in
Oliver Twist
- 'Toor rul lol loo, gammon and spinnage, the frog he wouldn't, and high cockolorum,' said the Dodger: with a slight sneer on his intellectual countenance.†
Chpt 12 *
- This here Conkey Chickweed, miss, kept a public-house over Battlebridge way, and he had a cellar, where a good many young lords went to see cock-fighting, and badger-drawing, and that; and a wery intellectual manner the sports was conducted in, for I've seen 'em off'en.†
Chpt 31
Definitions:
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(1)
(intellectual as in: intellectual stimulation) related to intelligence -- such as requiring, appealing to, or possessing intelligence
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(2)
(intellectual as in: She is an intellectual.) a highly educated person interested in learning and exploring ideas -- sometimes while ignoring practical considerations