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Added 9 October 2026

sophisticate

/səˈfɪstɪkeɪt/ verb

Latin root: sophisticātus Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about sophisticate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To make (something) less innocent or natural; to artificialize.
To make (something) less innocent or natural; to artificialize.
To make (something) more sophisticated (“complex, developed, or refined”); to develop, to refine. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Origin

From Middle English sophisticaten (“to mix (something) with a foreign or inferior substance, adulterate”), from Medieval Latin sophisticātus, the perfect passive participle of sophisticāre (“to disguise; to tamper with; to trick using words”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more).

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