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elegant
[ el-i-guhnt ]
/ ĖÉl ÉŖ gÉnt /
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adjective
tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.: elegant furnishings.
gracefully refined and dignified, as in tastes, habits, or literary style: an elegant young gentleman; an elegant prosodist.
graceful in form or movement: an elegant wave of the hand.
appropriate to refined taste: a man devoted to elegant pursuits.
excellent; fine; superior: an absolutely elegant wine.
(of scientific, technical, or mathematical theories, solutions, etc.) gracefully concise and simple; admirably succinct.
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Origin of elegant
First recorded in 1400ā50; Late Middle English (from Middle French ), from Latin Älegant- (stem of ÄlegÄns ) ātasteful, choice,ā equivalent to Äleg- (akin to Älig- āselectā) + -ant- a suffix forming adjectives from verbs; originally the present participle of ÄlegÄre (unattested); see origin at elect, -ant
synonym study for elegant
1. See fine1.
OTHER WORDS FROM elegant
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH elegant
elegant , eloquentWords nearby elegant
electrum, electuary, eleemosynary, elegance, elegancy, elegant, elegiac, elegiac couplet, elegiac stanza, elegist, elegit
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British Dictionary definitions for elegant
elegant
/ (ĖÉlÉŖÉ”Ént) /
adjective
tasteful in dress, style, or design
dignified and graceful in appearance, behaviour, etc
cleverly simple; ingeniousan elegant solution to a problem
Derived forms of elegant
elegantly, adverbWord Origin for elegant
C16: from Latin ÄlegÄns tasteful, related to Äligere to select; see elect
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