brahmin

/ˈbɹɑːmɪn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French bramine, from obsolete Portuguese bramine, from Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brā́hmaṇa); modern French brahmane, Portuguese brâmane are readjusted after Sanskrit. Doublet of Brahmana.

brahmin means scholarly. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.

Why this word is great

BRAHMIN — [Noun] A member of the highest Hindu priestly and scholarly caste, or by extension, a person of great intellectual or cultural refinement. From Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brā́hmaṇa, 'one related to Brahman, the ultimate reality; a priest'), grounding authority not in power but in cosmic principle. Unlike 'Kshatriya,' which traffics in the provisional authority of force, or a secular 'intellectual,' a designation one may adopt, a Brahmin embodies a hereditary custodianship of cosmic order. It is the scent of sandalwood paste drying on a forehead, the exacting cadence of a Vedic hymn at dawn, and the patient, dust-moted light of a scriptorium where knowledge is not acquired but received—a solemn reminder that understanding was once considered a sacred lineage, not a personal accomplishment, but a quiet, unassailable weight of tradition.

adj

Scholarly.

noun

A member of the Hindu priestly caste, one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society.
One who has realized or attempts to realize Brahman, i.e. God or supreme knowledge.
A scholar, teacher, priest, intellectual, researcher, scientist, knowledge-seeker, or knowledge worker.
A member of a social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA.“Branching from the root of it all was New England Society. The original Nelson [W. Aldrich] became remembered as a patrician, a Brahmin.”
A learned person of refined taste and mild manners.