Associations to the word «Rarefied»

Wiktionary

RAREFIED, adjective. Distant from lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select
RAREFIED, adjective. Elevated in style or nature, sublime; of high intellectual or moral value
RAREFIED, adjective. (of a gas etc.) less dense than usual; thin
RAREFIED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of rarefy

Dictionary definition

RAREFIED, adjective. Having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air".
RAREFIED, adjective. Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke