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aristocratic (adj.)
c. 1600, "pertaining to aristocracy," from French
aristocratique
, from Greek
aristokratikos
"belonging to the rule of the best," from
aristokratia
(see
aristocracy
). Meaning "grand, stylish" is from 1845.