Associations to the word «Rarefied»

Wiktionary

RAREFIED, adjective. Distant from lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select
RAREFIED, adjective. Elevated in style or nature, sublime; of high intellectual or moral value
RAREFIED, adjective. (of a gas etc.) less dense than usual; thin
RAREFIED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of rarefy

Dictionary definition

RAREFIED, adjective. Having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air".
RAREFIED, adjective. Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"; "a grand purpose".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley