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elegant

  • adjective
  • el·e·gant
  • /ˈɛləɡənt/

Characterised by or exhibiting elegance; having grace, refinement, or tasteful simplicity.

Other meanings

  1. Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.

    “an elegant solution”

  2. Fine; doing well.

Related words

  • elegancy
  • elegantness
  • hyperelegant
  • overelegant
  • superelegant
  • swellegant
  • ultraelegant
  • unelegant
  • elegance
  • elegant crested tinamou
  • elegant tit
  • elegant variation

Example sentences

  • “Your proof is elegant.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Latin "ēlegāns".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “elegant” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.