elegancy

[ el-i-guhn-see ]

noun

, plural el·e·gan·cies.

1. elegance.

Other Words From

• hyper·ele·gan·cy noun
• super·ele·gan·cy noun plural superelegancies

Word History and Origins

Origin of elegancy¹

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

Example Sentences

When a slender woman stands upon a basis so inordinately wide, she resembles a funnel, a figure of no great elegancy.

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However, he is a fanciful man, and thinks there is no 220 elegancy nor wit but in his own way of talking.

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As to the correctness and elegancy of your writing, attention to grammar does the one, and to the best authors, the other.

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Where the fixing of the stars, ever standing at equal distance, is with great elegancy noted.

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And they that think it culpably defective in phrase, aptness, or elegancy of style.

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