noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

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

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

Synonyms

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flairacquired tasteamenitiesappreciation of excellencearabesqueattractiveness

Antonyms

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inelegance

Example

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"Everybody at the party was charmed by her elegance."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

creeping elegancepiss-elegance

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