ELEGANT


Meaning of ELEGANT in English

■ adjective

1》 graceful and stylish.

2》 pleasingly ingenious and simple: an ~ solution.

Derivatives

elegance noun

~ly adverb

Origin

C15: from Fr., or from L. elegans , ~- , related to eligere (see elect ).

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