inelegancy
Americannoun
plural
ineleganciesEtymology
Origin of inelegancy
First recorded in 1720–30; ineleg(ant) + -ancy
Example Sentences
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There are few ballets that expose more completely her deficiencies and inelegancy of line.
From New York Times
Those who had found inelegancy and indecency in the previous productions of the painter, would still discover the same defects in the masterpiece he now submitted to the public.
From Project Gutenberg
His vanity is sure to be speedily checked, and first of all by his private tutor, who "slangs" him for a mistake here or an inelegancy there.—Ibid., p.
From Project Gutenberg
The vulgarity is not the vulgarity of the vulgar—the inelegancy is not the spontaneous rudeness of the ill-bred—any more than its doctrine of nature is the doctrine of the unlearned.
From Project Gutenberg
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