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Elegance

//ˈɛl.ɪ.ɡəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners. uncountable, usually

    "The bride was elegance personified."

  2. 2
    a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste wordnet
  3. 3
    Restraint and grace of style. uncountable, usually

    "The simple dress had a quiet elegance."

  4. 4
    a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics) wordnet
  5. 5
    The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision. uncountable, usually

    "The proof of the theorem had a pleasing elegance."

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  1. 6
    A refinement or luxury. countable, dated, usually

    "As to the comforts and elegances of life, we have enough of them for our good."

Etymology

From Middle French élégance, from Latin ēlegantia (“exquisiteness; refinement, elegance”).

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