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Webster 1913 Edition
Elegant
El′e-gant
,Adj.
1.
Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive;
as,
elegant
manners; elegant
style of composition; an elegant
speaker; an elegant
structure.A more diligent cultivation of
elegant
literature. Prescott.
Syn. – Tasteful; polished; graceful; refined; comely; handsome; richly ornamental.
Webster 1828 Edition
Elegant
EL'EGANT
,Adj.
1.
Polished, neat; pure; rich in expressions; correct in arrangement; as an elegant style or composition.2.
Uttering or delivering elegant language with propriety and grace; as an elegant speaker.3.
Symmetrical; regular; well formed in its parts, proportions and distribution; as an elegant structure.4.
Nice; sensible to beauty; discriminating beauty from deformity or imperfection; as an elegant taste. [This is a loose application of the word; elegant being used for delicate.]5.
Beautiful in form and colors; pleasing; as an elegant flower.6.
Rich; costly and ornamental; as elegant furniture or equipage.Definition 2024
elegant
elegant
English
Adjective
elegant (comparative more elegant, superlative most elegant)
- Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
- Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
- an elegant solution
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
exhibiting elegance
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Danish
Etymology
Borrowing from French élégant, from Latin ēlegāns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eləɡant/, [eləˈɡ̊anˀd̥]
Adjective
elegant
Inflection
Inflection of elegant | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Common singular | elegant | elegantere | elegantest2 |
Neuter singular | elegant | elegantere | elegantest2 |
Plural | elegante | elegantere | elegantest2 |
Definite attributive1 | elegante | elegantere | eleganteste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Derived terms
- uelegant
References
- “elegant” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (Southern) IPA(key): /eləˈɣɑnt/
- (Northern) IPA(key): /eləˈxɑnt/
Etymology
From Middle French elegant.
Adjective
elegant (comparative eleganter, superlative elegantst)
Inflection
Inflection of elegant | ||||
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uninflected | elegant | |||
inflected | elegante | |||
comparative | eleganter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | elegant | eleganter | het elegantst het elegantste |
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indefinite | m./f. sing. | elegante | elegantere | elegantste |
n. sing. | elegant | eleganter | elegantste | |
plural | elegante | elegantere | elegantste | |
definite | elegante | elegantere | elegantste | |
partitive | elegants | eleganters | — |
Synonyms
- sierlijk
- gracieus
Antonyms
Derived terms
- elegantie
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Borrowing from Middle French elegant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eleˈɡant/, /eləˈɡant/
- Rhymes: -ant
Adjective
elegant (comparative eleganter, superlative am elegantesten)
Declension
Positive forms of elegant
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist elegant | sie ist elegant | es ist elegant | sie sind elegant | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | eleganter | elegante | elegantes | elegante |
genitive | eleganten | eleganter | eleganten | eleganter | |
dative | elegantem | eleganter | elegantem | eleganten | |
accusative | eleganten | elegante | elegantes | elegante | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der elegante | die elegante | das elegante | die eleganten |
genitive | des eleganten | der eleganten | des eleganten | der eleganten | |
dative | dem eleganten | der eleganten | dem eleganten | den eleganten | |
accusative | den eleganten | die elegante | das elegante | die eleganten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein eleganter | eine elegante | ein elegantes | (keine) eleganten |
genitive | eines eleganten | einer eleganten | eines eleganten | (keiner) eleganten | |
dative | einem eleganten | einer eleganten | einem eleganten | (keinen) eleganten | |
accusative | einen eleganten | eine elegante | ein elegantes | (keine) eleganten |
Comparative forms of elegant
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist eleganter | sie ist eleganter | es ist eleganter | sie sind eleganter | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | eleganterer | elegantere | eleganteres | elegantere |
genitive | eleganteren | eleganterer | eleganteren | eleganterer | |
dative | eleganterem | eleganterer | eleganterem | eleganteren | |
accusative | eleganteren | elegantere | eleganteres | elegantere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der elegantere | die elegantere | das elegantere | die eleganteren |
genitive | des eleganteren | der eleganteren | des eleganteren | der eleganteren | |
dative | dem eleganteren | der eleganteren | dem eleganteren | den eleganteren | |
accusative | den eleganteren | die elegantere | das elegantere | die eleganteren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein eleganterer | eine elegantere | ein eleganteres | (keine) eleganteren |
genitive | eines eleganteren | einer eleganteren | eines eleganteren | (keiner) eleganteren | |
dative | einem eleganteren | einer eleganteren | einem eleganteren | (keinen) eleganteren | |
accusative | einen eleganteren | eine elegantere | ein eleganteres | (keine) eleganteren |
Superlative forms of elegant
Middle French
Adjective
elegant m (feminine singular elegante, masculine plural elegants, feminine plural elegantes)