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1.
tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.: elegant furnishings.
2.
gracefully refined and dignified, as in tastes, habits, or literary style: an elegant young gentleman; an elegant prosodist.
3.
graceful in form or movement: an elegant wave of the hand.
4.
appropriate to refined taste: a man devoted to elegant pursuits.
5.
EXPANDexcellent; fine; superior: an absolutely elegant wine.
6.
COLLAPSE(of scientific, technical, or mathematical theories, solutions, etc.) gracefully concise and simple; admirably succinct.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin ēlegant- (stem of ēlegāns) tasteful, choice, equivalent to ēleg- (akin to ēlig- select; see elect) + -ant- -ant; orig. present participle of lost v.
1400–50; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin ēlegant- (stem of ēlegāns) tasteful, choice, equivalent to ēleg- (akin to ēlig- select; see elect) + -ant- -ant; orig. present participle of lost v.
Related forms
el·e·gant·ly, adverb
hy·per·el·e·gant, adjective
hy·per·el·e·gant·ly, adverb
o·ver·el·e·gant, adjective
o·ver·el·e·gant·ly, adverb
EXPANDsu·per·el·e·gant, adjective
su·per·el·e·gant·ly, adverb
un·el·e·gant, adjective
un·el·e·gant·ly, adverb
COLLAPSE
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