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12 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a worldly-wise person
verb make less natural or innocent
verb practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
originFrom Middle English sophisticaten (“to mix (something) with a foreign or inferior substance, adulterate”), from Medieval Latin sophisticātus, the perfect passive participle of sophisticāre (“to disguise; to tamper with; to trick using words”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more). Sophisticāre is derived from Latin sophisticus (“pertaining to the ancient Sophists, sophistic; pertaining to…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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