elegancy

American  

[el-i-guhn-see] / ˈɛl ɪ gən si /

noun

elegancies plural

1. elegance.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• hyperelegancy
  noun
• superelegancy
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• elegancies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of elegancy

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

Example Sentences

In his Youth he visited the principal Courts of Europe, where he contracted a great Politeness, and a solid Taste of Elegancy.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

She did not fancy the elaborate manners of the surgeon at their first meeting, and allowed her lack of appreciation of "His Elegancy" to develop into positive dislike before she had known him a fortnight.

From Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. by King, Charles

The artificial Charms with which she concealed the Loss, or want of natural ones, the exquisite Neatness and Elegancy of her Dress, with the Gracefulness of her Deportment, rendered the Conquest certain.

From The Amours of Zeokinizul, King of the Kofirans Translated from the Arabic of the famous Traveller Krinelbol by Crébillon, Claude Prosper Jolyot de

Oh, your Presidency—no, your Elegancy, I hopes I find you well.

From Harper's Young People, February 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

They have some Kind of Elegancy in varying and compounding their Words, to which, not many of themselves attain, and this principally distinguishes their best Speakers.

From The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada Part I, Part II by Colden, Cadwallader