overrefined

adjective

over·re·fined | \ ˌō-vər-ri-ˈfīnd

Definition of overrefined

: excessively refined … appears to be attempting to shed his overrefined appearance to demonstrate … he can hurl partisan vitriol with the best of them. —David Catanese …its clichéd reputation … as the most overrefined, overcivilized, repressed nation on Earth, a place of raised pinkies and cakes … —Russell Smith Our version switches out the potatoes for yams and the overrefined vegetable oil for coconut oil … —Margaret Floyd and James Barry

Other words from overrefined

overrefinement \ˌō-vər-ri-ˈfīn-mənt

\ noun plural overrefinements

… a boy some seventeen years of age, with his hands all skinned and sore from having picked corn in the cornfield, in those days when a glove was an overrefinement … —Francis G. Blair