sophisticated

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English

Etymology

First English usage circa 1601. (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin sophisticatus.

Adjective

sophisticated (comparative more sophisticated, superlative most sophisticated)

  1. Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.
  2. Elegant, refined.
  3. Complicated, especially of complex technology.
  4. Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
  5. (obsolete, UK) Dishonest or misleading.
  6. (obsolete, UK) Impure; adulterated.

Synonyms

  • (having obtained worldly experience): worldly
  • (elegant, refined): refined

Antonyms

Translations

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Verb

sophisticated

  1. simple past and past participle of sophisticate

References

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997