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inelegance|ɪnˈɛlɪgəns|
[f. inelegant: see -ance, and cf. F. inélégance (1525 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
The fact or quality of being inelegant; want of refined grace of form or manner; clumsiness; an instance of this.
1726G. Roberts 4 Years Voy. Ded. A iij b, Pardon the Inelegance, &c. of this unpolish'd Essay. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Watts Wks. IV. 184 Whatever they had among them before, whether of learning or acuteness, was commonly obscured and blunted by coarseness, and inelegance of style. 1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. i. vi. §26 Their intemperance, their coarseness, their inelegance, their scurrility..are not compensated..by any impressive eloquence. |