单词 | elegant |
释义 | elegant —elegantly, adv. /el"i geuhnt/, adj. 1. tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.: elegant furnishings. 2. gracefully refined and dignified, as in tastes, habits, or literary style: an elegant young gentleman; an elegant prosodist. 3. graceful in form or movement: an elegant wave of the hand. 4. appropriate to refined taste: a man devoted to elegant pursuits. 5. excellent; fine; superior: an absolutely elegant wine. 6. (of scientific, technical, or mathematical theories, solutions, etc.) gracefully concise and simple; admirably succinct. [1400-50; late ME ( < MF) < L elegant- (s. of elegans) tasteful, choice, equiv. to eleg- (akin to elig- select; see ELECT) + -ant- -ANT; orig. prp. of lost v.] Syn. 1. See fine. 2. polished, courtly. |
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