rarefied

About 0.43 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Less dense than usual; thin.

   The air at high altitudes at the top of mountains is rarefied.

2. adjective Distant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select.

   This is one of the most sought-after models in the rarefied world of high-performance sports car collecting.

3. adjective Elevated in style or nature, sublime; of high intellectual or moral value.
4. verb simple past and past participle of rarefy

Similar words

idealistic high-minded exalted rare high-flown noble lofty rarified thin reserved

Often followed by

air atmosphere gas and gases by world to that

Word family

rarified