cultivated
adjective
[ ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd ]
• refined and well educated.
• "he was a remarkably cultivated and educated man"
Similar:
cultured,
educated,
well read,
well informed,
civilized,
enlightened,
discerning,
discriminating,
refined,
polished,
sophisticated,
urbane,
cosmopolitan,
courteous,
polite,
well mannered,
mannerly,
gracious,
couth,
cultivate
verb
• prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening.
• "the peasants who cultivated the land became its owners"
Similar:
till,
plough,
dig,
turn,
hoe,
farm,
work,
prepare,
fertilize,
mulch,
• try to acquire or develop (a quality or skill).
• "he cultivated an air of indifference"
Origin:
mid 17th century: from medieval Latin cultivat- ‘prepared for crops’, from the verb cultivare, from cultiva (terra) ‘arable (land)’, from colere ‘cultivate, inhabit’.
