˜yÐÄvlog

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inelegancy

[ in-el-i-guhn-see ]

noun

plural inelegancies.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of inelegancy1

First recorded in 1720–30; ineleg(ant) + -ancy
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Example Sentences

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There are few ballets that expose more completely her deficiencies and inelegancy of line.

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Those who had found inelegancy and indecency in the previous productions of the painter, would still discover the same defects in the masterpiece he now submitted to the public.

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His vanity is sure to be speedily checked, and first of all by his private tutor, who "slangs" him for a mistake here or an inelegancy there.—Ibid., p.

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The vulgarity is not the vulgarity of the vulgar—the inelegancy is not the spontaneous rudeness of the ill-bred—any more than its doctrine of nature is the doctrine of the unlearned.

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