French

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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sophistiquer

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

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Portuguese: sofisticar

Further reading

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