Sophisticated

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sophisticate \So*phis"ti*cate\, Sophisticated
  \So*phis"ti*ca`ted\, a.
     Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.
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           So truth, while only one supplied the state,


           Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sophisticate \So*phis"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Sophisticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sophisticating}.] [LL.
     sophisticatus, p. p. of sophisticare to sophisticate.]
     To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage;
     to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine. --Howell.
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           To sophisticate the understanding.       --Southey.
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           Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to
           sophisticate, not to refine.             --M. Arnold.
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           They purchase but sophisticated ware.    --Dryden.
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     Syn: To adulterate; debase; corrupt; vitiate.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sophisticated
       adj 1: having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and
              refinement and savoir faire; "sophisticated young
              socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a
              sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" [ant:
               {naive}]
       2: ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced
          technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"
          [syn: {advanced}]
       3: marked by wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many
          parts of the world arising from urban life and wide
          travel; "the sophisticated manners of a true cosmopolite";
          "urbane and pliant...he was at ease even in the drawing
          rooms of Paris" [syn: {urbane}]
       4: intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated drama"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  133 Moby Thesaurus words for "sophisticated":
     adult, advanced, blase, bored, braw, brittle, byzantine, chic,
     chichi, civilized, classy, clothes-conscious, complex, complicated,
     cool, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, cultivated, cultured, cynical,
     daedal, dainty, dapper, dashing, delicate, disabused, disappointed,
     discriminating, disenchanted, disillusioned, dressed to advantage,
     dressed to kill, elaborate, elegant, enlightened, experienced,
     exquisite, fastidious, fine, genteel, gordian, graceful, gracile,
     gracious, hardheaded, hep, hip, hoaxproof, intricate, involved,
     jaded, jaunty, knotty, knowing, knowledgeable, labyrinthine,
     mature, matured, mondaine, multifaceted, natty, neat, nice, nifty,
     nobby, not born yesterday, old, polished, posh, practical,
     practiced, put straight, realistic, recherche, refined, ripe,
     ripened, ritzy, robbed of illusion, sagacious, salty, schooled,
     seasoned, set right, sharp, skeptical, sleek, slick, smart, smooth,
     smug, snazzy, soigne, soignee, sophisticate, spiffy, spruce,
     style-conscious, suave, subtle, svelte, swank, swanky, swell,
     tough-minded, tricksy, tried, tried and true, trig, trim,
     uncharmed, uncullible, undeceivable, undeceived, undeludable,
     undupable, unfoolable, ungullible, unhoaxable, unseduceable,
     unsophisticated, unspelled, urbane, veteran, well-bred,
     well-dressed, well-groomed, wise, with it, world-weary, world-wise,
     worldly, worldly-wise