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elegant
What does elegant mean?
elegant (adjective): refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use elegant in a sentence?
- She was elegant to her fingertips. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- Elegant handwriting. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce elegant?
/ˈɛləɡənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does elegant come from?
From Late Middle English elegaunt, from Middle French elegant, ultimately from Latin ēlegāns, collateral form of present participle of ēligere.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to elegant
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “elegant” mean?
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
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devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant
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having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
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of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
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