half refined
adjective
1.
having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.: refined people.
2.
freed or free from coarseness, vulgarity, etc.: refined taste.
3.
freed from impurities: refined sugar.
4.
very subtle, precise, or exact: refined distinctions.
Related forms
nɪd re·fin·ed·ness, noun
half-re·fined, adjective
non·re·fined, adjective
qua·si-re·fined, adjective
sem·i·re·fined, adjective
su·per·re·fined, adjective
ul·tra·re·fined, adjective
well-re·fined, adjective
Synonyms
1. cultivated, polished, polite, courteous, civilized, courtly, genteel, elegant. 3. clarified, distilled, purified.
1. cultivated, polished, polite, courteous, civilized, courtly, genteel, elegant. 3. clarified, distilled, purified.
Antonyms
1. rude, coarse, crude.
1. rude, coarse, crude.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | not coarse or vulgar; genteel, elegant, or polite |
| 2. | subtle; discriminating |
| 3. | freed from impurities; purified |
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Word Origin & History
refine
1582, of metals, 1588 of manners, from re-, intensive prefix + obs. fine (v.) "make fine," from fine (adj.) "delicate" (q.v.). Cf. Fr. raffiner, It. raffinare, Sp. refinar. General and fig. sense is recorded from 1596; of sugar, from 1613. Refinery in various senses is first
recorded 1727. Refinement "act or process of refining" is from 1611; meaning "fineness of feeling" is from 1708.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
refine re·fine (rĭ-fīn')
v. re·fined, re·fin·ing, re·fines
To reduce to a pure state; purify.
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