† leggiadrousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian, combined with an English element. Etymons: Italian leggiadro , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < Italian leggiadro elegant, graceful (a1313; < leggiadria grace, charm, elegance: see note) + -ous suffix.Italian leggiadria grace, charm, elegance (13th cent., also in sense ‘carelessness, frivolity’) is < Old Occitan leujairia grace, charm (mid 13th cent.; a1150 in sense ‘fickleness, inconstancy’) < an unattested post-classical Latin form *leviarius (see leger adj.) + Old Occitan -ia -y suffix³.

Obsolete. rare.

Graceful, elegant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > elegance > [adjective] > graceful

gracious1340

gracefulc1449

elegant1483

nymphlike1567

flowing1619

gracely1648

leggiadrous1648

featly1801

gainly1871

svelte1909

1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xvi. xiv. 298 The Queen of soft leggiadrous Love.

1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xviii. xl. 272 Those beams of leggiadrous Courtesy Which smil'd in her Deportment.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	leggiadrous
释义	† leggiadrousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Italian, combined with an English element. Etymons: Italian leggiadro , -ous suffix. Etymology: < Italian leggiadro elegant, graceful (a1313; < leggiadria grace, charm, elegance: see note) + -ous suffix.Italian leggiadria grace, charm, elegance (13th cent., also in sense ‘carelessness, frivolity’) is < Old Occitan leujairia grace, charm (mid 13th cent.; a1150 in sense ‘fickleness, inconstancy’) < an unattested post-classical Latin form leviarius (see leger adj.) + Old Occitan -ia* -y suffix³. Obsolete. rare. Graceful, elegant. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > elegance > [adjective] > graceful gracious1340 gracefulc1449 elegant1483 nymphlike1567 flowing1619 gracely1648 leggiadrous1648 featly1801 gainly1871 svelte1909 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xvi. xiv. 298 The Queen of soft leggiadrous Love. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xviii. xl. 272 Those beams of leggiadrous Courtesy Which smil'd in her Deportment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1648
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