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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024el•e•gance (el′i gəns),USA pronunciation n. - elegant quality:elegance of dress.
- something elegant;
a refinement.
- Latin ēlegantia choiceness. See elegant, -ance
- Middle French
- 1500–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: elegance /ˈɛlɪɡəns/, elegancy n ( pl -gances, -gancies)- dignified grace in appearance, movement, or behaviour
- good taste in design, style, arrangement, etc
- something elegant; a refinement
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024el•e•gant /ˈɛlɪgənt/USA pronunciation adj. - graceful, polished, or luxurious in style, design, or form:an elegant lady in her seventies.
el•e•gance /ˈɛlɪgəns/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]el•e•gant•ly, adv.: She was dressed elegantly for the ball. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024el•e•gant (el′i gənt),USA pronunciation adj. - tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.:elegant furnishings.
- gracefully refined and dignified, as in tastes, habits, or literary style:an elegant young gentleman; an elegant prosodist.
- graceful in form or movement:an elegant wave of the hand.
- appropriate to refined taste:a man devoted to elegant pursuits.
- excellent;
fine; superior:an absolutely elegant wine. - Mathematics(of scientific, technical, or mathematical theories, solutions, etc.) gracefully concise and simple;
admirably succinct.
- Latin ēlegant- (stem of ēlegāns) tasteful, choice, equivalent. to ēleg- (akin to ēlig- select; see elect) + -ant- -ant; origin, originally present participle of lost verb, verbal
- Middle French)
- late Middle English (1400–50
el′e•gant•ly, adv. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See fine.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged polished, courtly.
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