/ səˈfɪstɪkeɪt; NAmE / noun
( formal ) a sophisticated person
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense impure , and as a verb in the sense mix with a foreign substance ): from medieval Latin sophisticatus tampered with, past participle of the verb sophisticare , from sophisticus sophistic. The shift of sense probably occurred first in the adjective unsophisticated , from uncorrupted via innocent to inexperienced, uncultured . The noun dates from the early 20th cent.