aristocratic
aris·toc·ra·tic
adjective
1.
belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- “an aristocratic family”
- “aristocratic Bostonians”
- “aristocratic government”
- “a blue family”
- “blue blood”
- “the blue-blooded aristocracy”
- “of gentle blood”
- “patrician landholders of the American South”
- “aristocratic bearing”
- “aristocratic features”
- “patrician tastes”
Origin
From French aristocratique, from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατικός (aristokratikós). By surface analysis, aristo- + -cratic.
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