n. , adj. /seuh fis"ti kit, -kayt'/ ; v. /seuh fis"ti kayt'/ , n., adj., v., sophisticated, sophisticating .
n.
1. a sophisticated person.
adj.
2. sophisticated.
v.t.
3. to make less natural, simple, or ingenuous; make worldly-wise.
4. to alter; pervert: to sophisticate a meaning beyond recognition.
v.i.
5. to use sophistry; quibble.
[ 1350-1400; ME (adj. and v.) sophisticatus (ptp. of sophisticare to tamper with, disguise, trick with words), equiv. to L sophistic ( us ) (see SOPHISTIC) + -atus -ATE 1 ]