aristocratic
adjective
aris·to·crat·ic
ə-ˌri-stə-ˈkra-tik 
(ˌ)a-ˌri-stə-,
ˌa-rə-stə-
1
: belonging to, having the qualities of, or favoring aristocracy
an aristocratic family
aristocratic titles
2
a
: socially exclusive
an aristocratic neighborhood
b
: snobbish
3
: notably superior or excellent
In season she does an aristocratic lobster and asparagus salad with curry oil.—
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Examples of aristocratic in a Sentence
the restaurant's cuisine is truly superb, but the maître d's aristocratic demeanor is a bit much
an impoverished dowager who never lets people forget about her aristocratic origins
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Follow your gallery tour with a visit to another villa that once belonged to an aristocratic family—Villa Medici.
—Anna Haines, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
After her Emmy win for Succession, Snook took home an Olivier for playing all 26 roles in this new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s witty, haunting novel of vanity, aristocratic cruelty, and greed.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Born in 1906 in the strongly Catholic, conservative Veneto region, to a haut-bourgeois family with aristocratic ancestors on both sides, Buzzati started writing dreamlike fables in the Thirties, when Bontempelli’s magic realism helped shape the scene.
—Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The Leopard stars Kim Rossi Stuart as the Prince of Salina, who becomes aware his aristocratic life is threatened by uprisings on the streets of 1860s Sicily.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024
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Anna Haines, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
After her Emmy win for Succession, Snook took home an Olivier for playing all 26 roles in this new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s witty, haunting novel of vanity, aristocratic cruelty, and greed.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Born in 1906 in the strongly Catholic, conservative Veneto region, to a haut-bourgeois family with aristocratic ancestors on both sides, Buzzati started writing dreamlike fables in the Thirties, when Bontempelli’s magic realism helped shape the scene.
—Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The Leopard stars Kim Rossi Stuart as the Prince of Salina, who becomes aware his aristocratic life is threatened by uprisings on the streets of 1860s Sicily.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Aristocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aristocratic. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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