English

Alternative forms

• rarified

Adjective

rarefied ‎(comparative more rarefied, superlative most rarefied)

1. distant from lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select

   Philosophical debates can be quite rarefied.

2. elevated in style or nature, sublime; of high intellectual or moral value
3. (of a gas etc.) less dense than usual; thin

   The air at high altitudes at the top of mountains is rarefied.

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Verb

rarefied

1. simple past tense and past participle of rarefy