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Definition: Aristocratic |
AristocraticAdjective1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aristocratic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references) |
Synonyms: AristocraticSynonyms: aristocratical (adj), blue (adj), blue-blooded (adj), gentle (adj), patrician (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Government | Adjective: regal, sovereign, governing; royal, royalist; monarchical, kingly; imperial, imperiatorial; princely; feudal; aristocratic, autocratic; oligarchic; Noun: republican, dynastic. |
Nobility | Adjective: noble, exalted; of rank; Noun: princely, titled, patrician, aristocratic; high-, well-born; of gentle blood; genteel, comme il faut, gentlemanlike, courtly; (fashionable); highly respectable. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Aristocratic |
| English words defined with "aristocratic": aristocratical, aristocratically ♦ Belgravian, blue, blue-blooded, Boyard ♦ Catullus ♦ debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute ♦ fast ♦ Gaius Valerius Catullus, gentle ♦ house ♦ Junkerism ♦ lady, libertine ♦ Medici ♦ Nobby, noblewoman ♦ patrician, peeress, profligate ♦ republican, riotous ♦ stately home ♦ underhand, underhandedly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "aristocratic": Nayres ♦ Rat-killer ♦ Sang Bleu, Sans Culottes, Skeggs ♦ Young England. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Aristocratic" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (aristocratic, gentle). |
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Screenplays | Aunt Ella, when Basil Underwood feels like a kipper, I'm sure he doesn't feel like an egg - even an aristocratic one. (It's Love I'm After; writing credit: Maurice Hanline; Casey Robinson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hogan's Aristocratic Dream (1915) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Food in Britain. This poultry club in England has been organized by a group of air raid wardens on a communal basis. By forming a group, they get rationed feed for the hens and share the eggs. The enterprise is conducted in one of the most aristocratic of. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Charles Baudelaire | What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense. |
Victor Hugo | My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic. |
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Economic History | Burundi | The Belgians administered the territory through indirect rule, building on the Tutsi-dominated aristocratic hierarchy. (references) |
Peru | By the time of the wars of independence (1820-24), Lima had become the most distinguished and aristocratic colonial capital and the chief Spanish stronghold in America. (references) | |
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| "Aristocratic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Aristocratic" is used about 518 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 518 | 11,731 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Beginning with "aristocratic": aristocratic-looking. | |
Ending with "aristocratic": anti-aristocratic, non-aristocratic. | |
Containing "aristocratic": feudal-aristocratic-agrarian. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aristocratic | 10 |
aristocratic dragon loppiart.com | 4 |
aristocratic guardian mastiff | 2 |
aristocratic title | 2 |
aristocratic name | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "aristocratic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | aristokraties. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | aristokratik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أرستوقراطي (patrician). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | аристократичен (noble, silk stocking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 貴族化 , 贵族 (Aristocratical, Aristocratically, Nobility, Viscount). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | aristokratický (upper class). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | aristokratisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aristocratisch, aanzienlýk (considerable, considerably, eminent, sizable), voornaam (Christian name, first name, important, serious), voornáám, deftig (dignified). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | aristokrata. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | aristokraattinen, ylimyksellinen, ylimuistoinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aristocratique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | treftich (eminent), foarnaam (eminent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | aristokratisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αριστοκρατικόσ (aristocratical, courtly, swanky, swell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | főnemesi (peerage), előkelő (cheesy, classy, crackerjack, distinguished, elegant, exclusive, high, illustrious, patrician, swell, to live at a good address, topping), arisztokratikus (thoroughbred). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | keningrat-ningratan (aristocratlike, with aristocratic airs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aristocratico (aristocrat, of noble birth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 貴族的 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きぞくてき. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 귀족 (Aristocratical, Nobility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ooasle (classy, dignified, esteemed, gentlemanly, honourable, illustrious, lofty, lordly, magnificent, patrician, respected). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | aristokrátiko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aristocraticay aristocrático. (various references) aristocratic (gentle). (various references) аристократический (patrician). (various references) aristokratski, plemenit (gentle, high minded, kind, nobby, noble). (various references) aristocrático (patrician, silk stocking). (various references) aristokratisk. (various references) เกี่ยวกับชนชั้นสูง. (various references) asil (aristocratical, blue blood, born in the purple, bottom, dignified, foundation, gently born, grand, ground, lineage, lordly, noble, of gentle birth, of noble birth, origin, royal, sublime, superior, well bred), aristokrasi ile ilgili (aristocratical), soylu (aristocrat, aristocratical, blue blood, born in the purple, genteel, gently born, grand, high, noble, noble blood, of gentle birth, of good family, patrician, pedigreed, princely, silk stocking, thoroughbred, titled, truebred, u, well born, well bred), kibar (aristocratical, attentive, blancmange, bland, chivalrous, civil, civilized, courteous, courtly, distingue, Douce, elegant, exquisite, fashionable, gallant, genteel, gentle, kid glove, mild, nice, parliamentary, polished, polite, refined, sharp, urbane, well born, well disposed, well mannered). (various references) аристократичний (aristocratical, hightoned, noblemanly, patrician). (various references) có vẻ quý phái (aristocratical). (various references) pendefigaidd (noble), bonheddig (gentle, gentlemanly, noble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | generosus. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | indryhten. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aristocratic": aristocratically. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "aristocratic": antiaristocratic, nonaristocratic. (additional references) | |
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"Aristocratic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aristocrotic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "aristocratic" (pronounced eri'stukra"tik) |
| 8 | -t u k r a" t i k | autocratic. |
| 7 | -u k r a" t i k | bureaucratic, democratic, technocratic, theocratic, undemocratic. |
| 6 | -k r a" t i k | idiosyncratic. |
| 5 | -r a" t i k | erratic. |
| 4 | -a" t i k | acrobatic, aerobatic, aromatic, asthmatic, asymptomatic, attic, automatic, axiomatic, charismatic, cinematic, climatic, diagrammatic, diplomatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, electrostatic, emblematic, emphatic, enigmatic, enzymatic, fanatic, hepatic, homeostatic, idiomatic, lymphatic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, numismatic, operatic, pancreatic, phosphatic, pneumatic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, prostatic, psychosomatic, rheumatic, schematic, semiautomatic, static, symptomatic, systematic, thematic, traumatic, undiplomatic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acoustic, aesthetic, agnostic, alphabetic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, anesthetic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, arithmetic, arthritic, artistic, ascetic, astronautic, atavistic, atheistic, athletic, authentic, autistic, ballistic, bombastic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, climactic, coloristic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diabetic, diagnostic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diuretic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, elastic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, emetic, empathetic, energetic, enthusiastic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fantastic, fatalistic, ferromagnetic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, futuristic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, heretic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homiletic, humanistic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, magnetic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mechanistic, militaristic, monastic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, oligopolistic, onomastic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pantheistic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, paternalistic, pathetic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, pessimistic, phonetic, plastic, pluralistic, poetic, polytheistic, porphyritic, primitivistic, propagandistic, prophetic, prophylactic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, scholastic, semantic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, synergistic, synthetic, tactic, terroristic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, unsympathetic, voyeuristic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-i-o-r-r-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: aristocrat. | |
-3 letters: castrator, isotactic, trictracs. | |
-4 letters: acrostic, aoristic, artistic, cariocas, castrati, castrato, citators, ricottas, sartorii, sciatica, staccati, staccato, stoccata, tartaric, toccatas, tractors, traitors, trictrac. | |
-5 letters: acrotic, arctics, ascitic, astatic, astrict, atactic, carioca, caritas, carrots, citator, corsair, cottars, critics, ostraca, ricotta, ricracs, rosaria, satiric, sciatic, soritic, tactics, tartars, tictacs, tictocs, toccata, tractor, traitor, tricots, trocars. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-i-i-o-r-r-s-t-t" | |
+3 letters: nonaristocratic. | |
+4 letters: antiaristocratic, aristocratically, reaccreditations. | |
+5 letters: characterizations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 72 69 73 74 6F 63 72 61 74 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-. .. ... - --- -.-. .-. .- - .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110010 01101001 01110011 01110100 01101111 01100011 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A r i s t o c r a t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0072 0069 0073 0074 006F 0063 0072 0061 0074 0069 0063 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)358475858681698467867569 |
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