elegancy

American  

[el-i-guhn-see] / ˈɛl ɪ gən si /

noun

plural

elegancies

1. elegance.

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Other Word Forms

• hyperelegancy noun
• superelegancy noun

Etymology

Origin of elegancy

From the Latin word ēlegantia, dating back to 1525–35. See elegant, -ancy

Example Sentences

The chief secret is the choice of words; 224 and, by this choice, I do not here mean elegancy of expression, but propriety of sound, to be varied according to the nature of the subject.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir

He speaks of 'his fine expression, elegancy, and quaintness,' and adds, 'he does so possess the soul with his graces that we forget those of his fable23.'

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

The ceiling is plastered with massive gilding, the effect of which is rather cumbrous than ornamental; "not graced with elegancy, but daubed with cost."

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 267, August 4, 1827 by Various

Altogether Chorillos is a very unpretending and altogether uncomfortable place, in which there is little room for elegancy or self-assertion, the President of the Republic himself occupying a wretched, dirty Rancho.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

Never did the captain sacrifice force to elegancy of expression.

From The Land of Frozen Suns by Sinclair, Bertrand W.