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Raffiné

[ra-fih-NEY]

Part of speech: adjective

Origin: French, 19th century

1.

Refined, sophisticated.

Examples of Raffiné in a sentence

"My favorite scene in the movie is when the crowd in the ballroom pauses to watch as the raffiné woman glides down the staircase."

"At the party, I tried to think of worldly anecdotes that would make me seem raffiné."

illustration Raffiné

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