Word for the day: cultivated

cultivated |ˈkʌl.tɪ.veɪ.tɪd|                                       *culto (en Español)DEFINITIONadjectiverefined and well educated: he was a remarkably cultivated and educated man.

cultivate |ˈkʌltɪveɪt|verb [ with obj. ]1 prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening.• break up (soil) in preparation for sowing or planting.• raise or grow (plants), especially on a large scale for commercial purposes.2 Biology grow or maintain (living cells or tissue) in culture.3 try to acquire or develop (a quality or skill): he cultivated an air of indifference.• try to win the friendship or favour of (someone): it helps if you go out of your way to cultivate the local people.• try to improve or develop (one's mind).
DERIVATIVEScultivable adjective,cultivatable adjective
ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin cultivat- ‘prepared for crops’, from the verb cultivare, from cultiva (terra) ‘arable (land)’, from colere ‘cultivate, inhabit’.

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