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elegante

American  
[ay-lay-gahnt, e-luh-gahnt] / ˌeɪ leɪˈgɑnt, ˌɛ ləˈgɑnt /
Or élégante

adjective

  1. fashionable; chic; elegant.


noun

elegantes plural
  1. a fashionable or elegant woman.

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Kahit Gaano ka pa kayaman o ka elegante sira ang beauty dahil pagpunta mo Lang sa mall pila ka na.

From Time Aug. 7, 2013

Thus far we have availed ourselves of the biographical notes which Wagner, prior to the representation of the “Flying Dutchman,” gave to his friend Heinrich Laube for publication in the “Zeitung fuer die elegante Welt.”

From Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians by Nohl, Louis

It appeared in the "Zeitung fur die elegante Welt" in the year 1843, first quarterly issue, month of February, I believe.

From Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 by Hueffer, Francis

Thus, instead of saying, “claramente, concisamente y elegantemente,” it is more elegant to say in Spanish, “clara, concisa y elegante mente.”

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

She no grow stout when she grow more old, like others, but always is muy elegante.

From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

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