elegant
ele·gant
adjective
1.
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
- “elegant handwriting”
- “an elegant dark suit”
- “she was elegant to her fingertips”
- “small churches with elegant white spires”
- “an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid”
3.
of seemingly effortless beauty in form or proportion
Origin
From Late Middle English elegaunt, from Middle French elegant, ultimately from Latin ēlegāns, collateral form of present participle of ēligere, from ex- (“out of, from”) + legō (“choose, select, appoint”).
Phrases
- elegant crested tinamou
- elegant parrot
- elegant quail
- elegant sufficiency
- elegant tit
- elegant variation
Related words
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