inelegancy
Americannoun
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inelegancies
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of inelegancy
First recorded in 1720–30; ineleg(ant) + -ancy
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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.
From Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton
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.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall
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.
From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Bacon
The old stars who appear here, including Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing and Linda Hunt as Sue Ellen, will seem like reconnected friends, and audiences will forgive certain inelegancies of style.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2012
No attempt has been made to correct trifling faults in grammar and other inelegancies of style.
From A Young Girl's Diary by Eden Paul
Friendly critics excused some inelegancies which they thought they found in occasional passages, by taking for granted, as was true, that he had admitted insertions from other hands.
From Burke by John Morley
Standing beside Milla, he was incapable of his former inelegancies and his voice was in a semi-paralyzed condition, like the rest of him.
From Ramsey Milholland by Booth Tarkington
They had talked on a variety of topics: of tarpon fishing in Florida; of amateur photography, in which the hostess was proficient, and of gardens; of the latest novels and some current inelegancies of speech.
From The Law-Breakers and Other Stories by Robert Grant
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