sophisticated
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First English usage circa 1601. From Medieval Latin sophisticatus.
Adjective[edit]
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[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
- (having obtained worldly experience): provincial
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
having obtained worldly experience
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elegant, refined
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complicated, especially of technology
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appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
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Verb[edit]
sophisticated
- simple past tense and past participle of sophisticate
References[edit]
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997