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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sophisticāre (to trick, falsify, corrupt). The sense "to make more complex" is probably due to later developments in sophistiqué, influenced by changes in sense in English sophisticated.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

sophistiquer

  1. (dated) to falsify
  2. (dated) to corrupt
  3. (intransitive) (rare) to use sophistic arguments
  4. to render more sophisticated

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Portuguese: sofisticar

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