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elegancy

[ el-i-guh n-see ]

/ ˈɛl ɪ gən si /

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noun, plural el·e·gan·cies.

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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 pentameter, elegiac stanza

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Example sentences from the Web for elegancy

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
Whence it comes to pass that all her gifts, elegancy, and graces corrupt and perish.
The Praise of Folly|Desiderius Erasmus
I took fust-class when at school in the States for elegancy and deportment.
The Wreck of the Nancy Bell|J. C. Hutcheson
The maple, (says Pliny) for the elegancy and fineness of the wood, is next to the very cedar it self.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2)|John Evelyn

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

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