inelegancy
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Etymology
Origin of inelegancy
First recorded in 1720–30; ineleg(ant) + -ancy
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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 The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia
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 Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther
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 A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
The old stars who appear here, including Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing and Linda Hunt as Sue Ellen, will seem like reconnected friends, and audiences will forgive certain inelegancies of style.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2012
Friendly critics excused some inelegancies which they thought they found in occasional passages, by taking for granted, as was true, that he had admitted insertions from other hands.
From Burke by Morley, John
Nevertheless, as above mentioned, there is an improvement in the latter item; and certain gross inelegancies, which passed unnoticed half a score years ago, now draw down public censure upon their perpetrators.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
There are, however, faults and inelegancies of which foreigners accuse us which we may do well to consider.
From Manners and Social Usages by Sherwood, Mrs. John M. E. W.
"That petition—ef th's anything else aboard this boat as dead as what it is"—he ran into inelegancies.
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington
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