Elegant word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "elegant" word

[adjective] refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman"
[adjective] 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"
[adjective] of seemingly effortless beauty in form or proportion
[adjective] suggesting taste, ease, and wealth

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\El"e*gant\, a. [L. elegans, -antis; akin to eligere to pick out, choose, select: cf. F. ['e]l['e]gant. See {Elect}.] 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. 2. Exercising a nice choice; discriminating beauty or sensitive to beauty; as, elegant taste. Syn: Tasteful; polished; graceful; refined; comely; handsome; richly ornamental.

Synonyms for elegant

bijou, courtly, dandified, dandyish, de luxe, deluxe, dignified, exquisite, fine, foppish, formal, gracious, high-class, high-toned, luxe, luxury(a), neat, recherche, refined, ritzy, soigne, soignee, stately, tasteful

Antonyms: inelegant

See also: graceful | in good taste(p) | sophisticated |

Related terms: advantageous, benevolent, chichi, cosmopolitan, cultured, dapper, decorous, dressed to kill, finished, genteel, grandiose, in, luxurious, mincing, overwrought, pedantic, picturesque, princely, seemly, style-conscious, suave, trim

The fun area, different aproach to word »elegant«

Let's analyse "elegant" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Three syllables and Three vowels. 42.9% of vowels is 4.3% more then average English word. Written in backwards: TNAGELE. Average typing speed for these characters is 1975 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: . .-.. . --. .- -. -

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: elegant: 5 + 5 + 1 = 11, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: elegant: 5 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 1 + 5 + 2 = 28, reduced: 1, and the final result is One.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
E (2)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
G (1)	7	Chariot	Strong, Sturdy, Decisive
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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