Associations to the word «Cultured»

Wiktionary

CULTURED, adjective. Learned in the ways of civilized society; civilized; refined.
CULTURED, adjective. Artificially developed.
CULTURED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of culture

Dictionary definition

CULTURED, adjective. Marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society".

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