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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

requintado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁe.kĩˈta.du

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Discriminating/dɪˈskrɪm.ɪ.neɪ.tɪŋ/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele tem um gosto requintado."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Showing good judgment, refined taste, or the ability to perceive subtle distinctions.

    "She is a discriminating collector of fine modern art."
  2. 2

    Making or constituting a distinction; specifically, treating people differently on the basis of prejudice.

    "The committee reviewed the policies to eliminate discriminating practices."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb discriminare, meaning 'to divide, separate, or distinguish', formed from discrimen meaning 'a distinction or division'. Entering English in the early 17th century, the adjective evolved from denoting the basic act of noting differences to describing a refined, selective taste and acute judgment.

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