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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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𲵲Գٱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·Գ· adverb
  • p··Գ adjective
  • hyper··Գ· adverb
  • v··Գ adjective
  • over··Գ· adverb
  • p··Գ adjective
  • super··Գ· adverb
  • ܲ··Գ adjective
  • un··Գ· adverb
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yvlog 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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yvlog 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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But rather than search Google for cafes near me, I threw all the dice, amped up the stakes and suggested we meet in the elegant lounge of the Culver Hotel in Culver City.

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He hired engineer Gary Anderson to create the car, and he and his small team produced the Jordan 191, an elegant design now regarded as one of the most beautiful grand prix cars in history.

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The gorgeous, elegant opener, “Prelude 3,” would fit comfortably on any jazz playlist of the 1950s or 1960s.

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“They have more soul,” Berkofsky said of his patterned carbon-steel knives, which feature elegant handles he has sculpted in rare wood such as charred Osage orange, black ash burl and live edge double-dyed maple.

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The shrewd, vivifying juxtaposition pits crude, primal, static stone, its huge weight pressing the ground beneath your feet, against sleek, industrially elegant windmills spinning overhead to catch the invisible airstream and generate similarly imperceptible energy.

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