sophisticated

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Advanced and complicated in design or method.

   The factory uses sophisticated robots to assemble the cars.

2. 2
   adj

   Having or showing wide knowledge of the world, culture, and good taste.

   She was a sophisticated woman who had travelled all over the world.

3. 3
   adj

   Appealing to people with refined or intellectual taste.

   The film is a sophisticated drama aimed at adult audiences.

First English usage circa 1601. From Medieval Latin sophisticatus.

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