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elegant

[el-i-guhnt]

adjective

  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.

    Synonyms: ,
  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.



elegant

/ ˈɛɪɡəԳ /

adjective

  1. tasteful in dress, style, or design

  2. dignified and graceful in appearance, behaviour, etc

  3. cleverly simple; ingenious

    an elegant solution to a problem

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • elegantly adverb
  • hyperelegant adjective
  • hyperelegantly adverb
  • overelegant adjective
  • overelegantly adverb
  • superelegant adjective
  • superelegantly adverb
  • unelegant adjective
  • unelegantly adverb
  • ˈ𲵲Գٱ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of elegant1

First recorded in 1400–50; Late Middle English (from Middle French ), from Latin ŧ𲵲Գ- (stem of ŧԲ ) “tasteful, choice,” equivalent to ŧ- (akin to ŧ- “select”) + -ant- a suffix forming adjectives from verbs; originally the present participle of ŧ (unattested); elect, -ant
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of elegant1

C16: from Latin ŧԲ tasteful, related to ŧ to select; see elect
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Synonym Study

See fine 1.
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Example Sentences

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To her, black, white and taupe are timeless, elegant choices.

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Listening to the elegant orchestra, the clown suit didn’t seem so bad.

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Foster’s relentlessly creative and adaptable percussion work spanned eras and genres within jazz, driving elegant bepop and raucous fusion groups alike.

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You may have seen it: Last Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte, got tongues wagging when she did something that seemed entirely out of character for the painfully elegant first lady.

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“It’s like a movie set,” Bifano said, gesturing to the elegant barn, brook, bridges and all the plants that tie them together.

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