Aristocratic \Ar`is*to*crat"ic\, Aristocratical
\Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. aristocratique.]
1. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or
favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an
aristocratic constitution.
[1913 Webster]
2. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy;
characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy;
as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or
manners. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
aristocratical
adj : belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or
aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic
Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue
family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy";
"of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the
American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic
features"; "patrician tastes" [syn: aristocratic, blue,
blue-blooded, gentle, patrician]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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