ARISTOCRATIC


Meaning of ARISTOCRATIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˌris-tə-ˈkra-tik, (ˌ)a-ˌris-tə-, ˌa-rə-stə- ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle French aristocratique, from Medieval Latin aristocraticus, from Greek aristokratikos, from aristokratia

Date: 1602

1. : belonging to, having the qualities of, or favoring aristocracy

2.

a. : socially exclusive

an aristocratic neighborhood

b. : snobbish

• aris·to·crat·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb

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