sophisticate

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Instead of being a martini drinking cultured kind of sophisticate, he's the sort of intellectual college professor James Bond.

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  1. transitive verb To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly.
  2. transitive verb To make impure; adulterate.
  3. transitive verb To make more complex or inclusive; refine.
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  • If Lekman is the droll, detached sophisticate, then Pagmar is his earnest and wide-eyed younger brother, too enthused about everything to worry about looking cool. —  .: chromewaves v7.5
  • An urbane and elegant sophisticate, Hani chafes at Hoffman's crudeness but quickly recognizes Ferris 'smarts and agrees to cooperate with his efforts to nail Islamist mastermind Al-Saleem —  Variety.com
  • This guide to how to become a wireless sophisticate should be on the shelf of anyone with the urge to extend their range, make their own antennas, dive into the command line, or figure out the best way to connect two locations topographically. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • Unless you are already an apple sophisticate, Apples will introduce you to many underappreciated varieties. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • She was not remotely a theological sophisticate, but she knew she needed Jesus, and she needed Jesus in a direct way, and in a practical way. —  Latest Articles
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English sophisticaten, to adulterate, from Medieval Latin sophisticāre, sophisticāt-, from Latin sophisticus, sophistic, from Greek sophistikos, from sophistēs, sophist; see sophist.

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  1. from Middle Latin sophisticatus, past participle of sophisticare (later Italian sofisticare = Spanish sofieticar = Portuguese sophisticar, sofisticar = French sophistiquer), falsify, corrupt, adulterate, from Late Latin sophisticus, sophistic: see sophistic.
  2. from Middle English sophisticate; from Middle Latin sophisticatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/səˈfɪstɪkeɪt/
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