c. 1600, "mixed with a foreign substance, impure; no longer simple or natural," past-participle adjective from sophisticate (v.). Of persons, with a positive sense, "worldly-wise, discriminating, cultured," from 1895.
a sophisticated book
a sophisticated lifestyle
sophisticated young socialites
a sophisticated audience
a sophisticated drama
Sophie
sophism
sophist
sophistic
sophisticate
sophisticated
sophistication
sophistry
Sophocles
sophomore
sophomoric