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elegancy

[ el-i-guhn-see ]

/ ˈɛl ɪ gən si /

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noun, plural el·e·gan·cies.

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Origin of elegancy

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

OTHER WORDS FROM elegancy

hy·per·el·e·gan·cy, nounsu·per·el·e·gan·cy, noun, plural su·per·el·e·gan·cies.

Words nearby elegancy

electrum, electuary, eledoisin, eleemosynary, elegance, elegancy, elegant, elegiac, elegiac couplet, elegiac stanza, elegist

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Example sentences from the Web for elegancy

When a slender woman stands upon a basis so inordinately wide, she resembles a funnel, a figure of no great elegancy.
A Handbook of Pictorial History|Henry W. Donald
However, he is a fanciful man, and thinks there is no 220 elegancy nor wit but in his own way of talking.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Isaac Disraeli
As to the correctness and elegancy of your writing, attention to grammar does the one, and to the best authors, the other.
The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant|John Hamilton Moore
Where the fixing of the stars, ever standing at equal distance, is with great elegancy noted.
The Advancement of Learning|Francis Bacon

And they that think it culpably defective in phrase, aptness, or elegancy of style.
A Christian Directory|Baxter Richard

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