English Explanatory Dictionary

rarefied

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Distant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select.
  2. Elevated in style or nature, sublime; of high intellectual or moral value.
  3. Less dense than usual; thin.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of rarefy

Word forms

rarefied more rarefied most rarefied rarified

Derived words

nonrarefied ultrararefied unrarefied
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