gentrified

 [jen-truh-fahyd]  

gen·tri·fied

   [jen-truh-fahyd]
adjective
1.
very or excessively refined or elegant.
2.
subjected to gentrification.
Origin:
1975–80; gentrify + -ed2

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gen·tri·fy

   [jen-truh-fahy] verb, gen·tri·fied, gen·tri·fy·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to improve (a neighborhood) by gentrification.
verb (used without object)
2.
to undergo gentrification: Some neighborhoods gentrify more easily than others.
Origin:
1970–75; gentry + -fy

Related forms
gen·tri·fi·er, noun
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