Associations to the word «Aristocratic»

Wiktionary

ARISTOCRATIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men.
ARISTOCRATIC, adjective. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy.

Dictionary definition

ARISTOCRATIC, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats