Refined
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Wunza Plot: One's an American street smart loose cannon cowboy cop, one's a refined aristocratic proper young British police officer.
Source: Series / Dempsey and Makepeace - A perfect way to introduce that a character is not only smart, but refined, well- (formally) educated, and upper-class, even aristocratic: have him be able to recite a Latin quotation eloquently or read the moribund language of the Romans as if it were his native tongue.
Source: Smart People Know Latin -
Smart People Speak The Queen's English: Justified in his case because he's half-British through his mother's side, and his posh accent was further refined after living for several years in Oxford, England, where he had earned his doctorate in genetics.
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