SOPHISTICATED

advanced, sophisticated

(adjective) ahead in development; complex or intricate; “advanced technology”; “a sophisticated electronic control system”

sophisticated

(adjective) intellectually appealing; “a sophisticated drama”

sophisticated

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

sophisticated (comparative more sophisticated, superlative most sophisticated)

Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.

Elegant, refined.

Complicated, especially of complex technology.

Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.

(obsolete, UK) Dishonest or misleading.

(obsolete, UK) Impure; adulterated.

Synonyms

• (having obtained worldly experience): worldly

• (elegant, refined): refined

Antonyms

• (having obtained worldly experience): provincial

Verb

sophisticated

simple past tense and past participle of sophisticate

Source: Wiktionary

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So*phis"ti*cate, So*phis"ti*ca`ted, a.

Definition: Adulterated; not pure; not genuine. So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. Dryden.

SOPHISTICATE

So*phis"ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sophisticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sophisticating.] Etym: [LL. sophisticatus, p.p. of sophisticare to sophisticate.]

Definition: To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine. Howell. To sophisticate the understanding. Southey. Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine. M. Arnold. They purchase but sophisticated ware. Dryden.

Syn.

– To adulterate; debase; corrupt; vitiate.

So*phis"ti*cate, So*phis"ti*ca`ted, a.

Definition: Adulterated; not pure; not genuine. So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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