refined or polished man

  • 1refined — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Ciceronian, accurate, advanced, allergic, ameliorated, anaphylactic, appreciative, archetypical, aristocratic, assembled, attentive, attenuate, attenuated, beautified, bettered, bowdlerized, built, cast, chaste …

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  • 2gentleman — n. 1. [Eng.] Man of good family (above the rank of yeoman). 2. Man of good breeding, well mannered man, refined or polished man, man of delicacy and honor …

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  • 3gentleman — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. aristocrat, cavalier, esquire. See male, probity, nobility. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A courteous and honorable man] Syn. man of honor, refined man, man of his word, polished man, perfect gentleman,… …

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  • 4English Literature — • Latin, French, Italian, Greek, and Spanish literatures are a few of the influences Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. English Literature     English Literature      …

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  • 5elegant — elegantly, adv. /el i geuhnt/, adj. 1. tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.: elegant furnishings. 2. gracefully refined and dignified, as in tastes, habits, or literary style: an elegant young gentleman; an elegant prosodist …

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  • 6Traitté de l'origine des romans — Pierre Daniel Huet s Trai [t] té de l origine des Romans ( Treatise on the Origin of Novels , or Romances if one wants to speak early 18th century English) can claim to be the first history of fiction. It was originally published in 1670 as… …

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  • 7cul|tured — «KUHL chuhrd», adjective. 1. having or showing culture; refined: »a cultured man of science. SYNONYM(S): polished, well bred. 2. produced or raised by culture: »cultured oysters. SYNONYM(S): propagated …

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  • 8DEUTERONOMY — (Heb. םירָבד רֶפס, Sefer Devarim, short for סֵפֶר וְאֵלֶה הַדּבָרִים, Sefer ve elleh ha devarim, The Book of These Are the Words ), the fifth book of the Pentateuch. The name Deuteronomy is derived from the Greek translation of מִשְׁנֶה הַתּוֹרָה …

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  • 9arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …

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  • 10South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …

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