rarefied , also: rarified

Rarefied specimens jointly defeated in an unending semantic war, with their identity and humanity crushed, might talk like that.

Rarefied cooking had become commonplace.

Rarefied art above the hurly-burly.

Rarefied effusions of culture are placed in beautiful landscapes, as if Brahms, too, grows naturally in the wild.

"On Stresses in Rarefied Gases Arising from Inequalities of Temperature".

Rarefied gases began to ionize against their hulls, each ship creating a spectacular orange streak over the planet's night side that resembled a meteor burning up during its terminal descent.

Most Rarefied Musical Events - The recording (on Sony Classical) and the performance (at the Juilliard School) of Elliott Carter's string quartets by the Juilliard String Quartet.