Adjective

(en adjective)

Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking ; cosmopolitan.

Elegant, refined.

Complicated, especially of complex technology.

Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.

(obsolete, UK) Dishonest or misleading.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(not comparable) Being the only one of its kind; unequaled, unparalleled or unmatched.

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Of a feature, such that only one holder has it.

Particular, characteristic.

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(proscribed) Of a rare quality, unusual.

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