ultrarefined
/ˌʌltɹəɹiːfaɪnd/
ultrarefined adjective: extremely refined; sometimes, more refined than a specific purity cutoff for a particular substance.
Adjective
ultrarefined (comparative more ultrarefined, superlative most ultrarefined)
- Extremely refined; sometimes, more refined than a specific purity cutoff for a particular substance.
- This doctrine may sound somewhat sacrilegious to the ultrarefined laboratorian, but it is stating conditions exactly as they are and as they are bound to be for generations in everyday medical life, outside of hospitals.1879, The Physician and Surgeon: A Professional Medical Journal, Ann Arbor, Mich, page 130
- As an instance of modern aesthetic town construction one might cite Denver, a western Yankee metropolis of ultrarefined men and women from down Boston way, breathing a nomenclature never so freely used before among mid-continent mountains, streets, schoolhouses, parks, and gardens all alive with...1907, Hubert Howe Bancroft, Some Cities and San Francisco, and Resurgam, The Bancroft Company, pages 20–21
Forms of ultrarefined
| comparative | more ultrarefined |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ultrarefined |
| alternative form | ultra-refined |
Origin of ultrarefined
From ultra- + refined.
Questions about ultrarefined
- What does ultrarefined mean?
- Ultrarefined means extremely refined; sometimes, more refined than a specific purity cutoff for a particular substance.
- What part of speech is ultrarefined?
- Ultrarefined is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ultrarefined?
- Ultrarefined is pronounced /ˌʌltɹəɹiːfaɪnd/.
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