'Sophisticated' definitions:

Definition of 'sophisticated'

(from WordNet)
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" [ant: naif, naive]
adjective
Ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system" [syn: advanced, sophisticated]
adjective
Intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated drama"

Definition of 'Sophisticated'

From: GCIDE
  • Sophisticate \So*phis"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sophisticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sophisticating.] [LL. sophisticatus, p. p. of sophisticare to sophisticate.] To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine. --Howell. [1913 Webster]
  • To sophisticate the understanding. --Southey. [1913 Webster]
  • Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
  • They purchase but sophisticated ware. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To adulterate; debase; corrupt; vitiate. [1913 Webster] Sophisticate

Definition of 'Sophisticated'

From: GCIDE
  • Sophisticate \So*phis"ti*cate\, Sophisticated \So*phis"ti*ca`ted\, a. Adulterated; not pure; not genuine. [1913 Webster]
  • So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]