culturedcul‧tured /ˈkʌltʃəd $ -ərd/ adjective

- I loved her combination of cultured sophistication and working-class humor.
- Sempaio is a highly cultured lawyer with a love of classical music.
- The Art Nouveau Cafe is a popular meeting place for the city's cultured classes.
- He was a cultured, educated man, yet he lacked the simple faith of the poorest of the poor.
- He was highly cultured and came of a family of minor nobility.
- His voice was cultured Oxbridge, and the grim intent in that voice made Cardiff and Pearce stand obediently aside.
- Ramsay was a deeply cultured man who travelled a great deal on the continent.
- The cultured orchestral playing and well-upholstered recording quality point in the same overall direction.
- The Gooner also carries an articulate open letter to David Dein, Arsenal's cultured vice-chairman.
- The whole manuscript is illuminated by a genuinely cultured temperament.
someone who is very interested in the arts► cultured knowing a lot about art, literature, music etc: · Sempaio is a highly cultured lawyer with a love of classical music.· The Art Nouveau Cafe is a popular meeting place for the city's cultured classes.
► patron of the arts someone who supports the arts, especially with money: · A genuine culture lover, the Prime Minister was a patron of the arts on a grand scale.· Performances are sponsored by fast food restaurants and other unlikely patrons of the arts.
► culture vulture informal someone who is very interested in all the arts - use this to talk about people like this: · While the culture vultures looked round the ruined temples, the rest of us headed straight for the beach.· He's a bit of a culture vulture - he goes to the theatre just about every week.
► arty British /artsy American someone who is interested in or knows about art and culture - use this when you do not approve of people like this: · Jake's having a party for all his arty friends.arty-farty/artsy-fartsy: · He thought of the band as just an artsy-fartsy bunch of students pretending to play rock 'n' roll.
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