elegance

[el-i-guhns]

noun

1. elegant quality.

   elegance of dress.

2. something elegant; a refinement.

elegance

/ ˈɛlɪɡəns /

noun

1. dignified grace in appearance, movement, or behaviour

2. good taste in design, style, arrangement, etc

3. something elegant; a refinement

Other Word Forms

• hyperelegance noun
• overelegance noun
• superelegance noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of elegance¹

1500–10; < Middle French < Latin ēlegantia choiceness. See elegant, -ance

Example Sentences

And finally, this hard-to-take-your-eyes-off dancer of power and elegance played his part in last week’s world premiere.

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Perhaps as a rebellion against her partner’s darkness and decadence, Birkin developed a personal style that exuded lightness, naturalness and relatable elegance.

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There is certainly the suggestion of enduring elegance, of self-sufficiency, or let’s just say, of not falling while you are brushing your teeth 30 years from now.

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Park’s graphic elegance may be at odds with the awkward, idle indignities depicted onscreen, but the discrepancy between the two generates an edge-of-your-seat tension.

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In person, “Baltimore’s practiced elegance frames a fierce pride and a sometimes brutal intellect, softened only by his insistence that professional criticism be leavened by personal respect.”

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Related Words

• charm 
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• dignity 
• gentility 
• grace 
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• luxury 
• magnificence 
• nobility 
• purity 
• refinement 
• restraint 
• sophistication 
• splendor 
• style