Free TranslationFree Translation
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Inelegancy   Listen
noun
Inelegancy, Inelegance  n.  (pl. inelegances, inelegancies)  
1.
The quality of being inelegant; lack of elegance or grace; lack of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners. "The notorious inelegance of her figure."
2.
Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary composition.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Inelegancy" Quotes from Famous Books



... ludicrous instance. The French, to do them justice, attend very minutely to the purity, the correctness, and the elegance of their style in conversation and in their letters. 'Bien narrer' is an object of their study; and though they sometimes carry it to affectation, they never sink into inelegance, which is much the worst extreme of the two. Observe them, and form your French style upon theirs: for elegance in one language will reproduce itself in all. I knew a young man, who, being just elected a member of ...
— The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son • The Earl of Chesterfield


Copyright © 2024 e-Free Translation.com