ARISTOCRATICAL

aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician

(adjective) belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; “an aristocratic family”; “aristocratic Bostonians”; “aristocratic government”; “a blue family”; “blue blood”; “the blue-blooded aristocracy”; “of gentle blood”; “patrician landholders of the American South”; “aristocratic bearing”; “aristocratic features”; “patrician tastes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

aristocratical (comparative more aristocratical, superlative most aristocratical)

(politics) Aristocratic.

Source: Wiktionary


Ar`is*to*crat"ic, Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. aristocratique.]

1. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution.

2. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners.

– Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv.

– Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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