高こう踏とう的てき

na-adjective

highbrow; transcendental; aloof from worldly affairs

Describes a person, attitude, or work that is intellectually elevated and detached from practical or mundane concerns. Often carries a nuance of refined, sometimes elitist, taste.

• 彼かれの高こう踏とう的てきな態たい度どは、時ときに周しゅう囲いから誤ご解かいされる。

  His highbrow attitude is sometimes misunderstood by those around him.

• この小しょう説せつは高こう踏とう的てきな文ぶん体たいで書かかれている。

  This novel is written in a transcendental style.