The brain is steeped (water should be cold). Then it is cleaned from the protective film. Now the gyrus is boiled with spices and vinegar. Then, draining, salt and pepper. After dipping in flour and frying it turns out a culinary delight - free brains!
Feel your own already boiling? Then you should be a little distracted and do mental food. For example, to study what sophistication is. At least to ensure that the brains were not really free.
Vocabulary delights
80 thousand words and stable expressions are collected on the pages of the popular explanatory dictionary, the authors of which are S.I. Ozhegov and N. Yu. Shvedova. Here there is general literary vocabulary from those specific language spheres that interact with it. This weighty volume is used by both beginning philologists, and venerable specialists (clarifying their own knowledge), and ordinary lovers of Russian literature.
All of the above is an example of sophistication. This is a certain action, called by the verb "to seek." Here is finding information. Such an interpretation is already given in the New Explanatory Word-Dictionary of the Russian Language by T. F. Efremova.
Another example of use: "Being a boss is also romantic, like being a surveyor - a constant search for additional financing, qualified employees, time and other resources."
With big claims
Both of these linguistic works speak of yet another meaning of the word "sophistication." This is a formal innovation that does not affect the depths, which nonetheless claims to be more original and even significant.
Often you can hear references to various delicacies. Examples are given in the table.
Types of frills | Examples of the use of the term |
culinary | This restaurant is famous for its culinary delights. |
gastronomic | Gastronomic delights are not the last item in the tourism program. |
architectural | Theme of the photo exhibition: “Architectural Delights of Europe”. |
designer | The strong point of the company is the design refinement of the interior. |
art | Vernissage was not impressed by artistic delights. |
linguistic | The poet shone with language delights. |
literary | We are writing an essay on the literary delights of the 19th century. |
linguistic | He created his own dictionary of linguistic delights. |
stylistic | Her salon is an example of refinement of style. |
verbal | Philology students indulged in verbal delights. |
theoretical | Theoretical delights of our teacher whom you want to drive crazy. |
scientific | The first speaker was remembered for amazing scientific delights. |
Cherche la femme
Tracing paper (borrowing from a foreign language by literal translation) of the French participle recherché (from the verb to seek) became Russian “refined” and since the 18th century it has been used to convey:
- grace (exquisite pose);
- refinement (exquisite taste);
- luxuries (sophisticated atmosphere);
- excellence (exquisite manners).
Such are the meanings of the word “sophistication” and examples of its use and the cognate adjective.