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Elegant
elegant
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you describe a person or thing as elegant, you mean that they are pleasing and graceful in appearance or style. Patricia looked beautiful and elegant as always. ...an elegant restaurant. = stylish ADJ • elegance ...Princess Grace’s understated elegance... N-UNCOUNT • elegantly ...a tall, elegantly dressed man with a mustache. ADV 2. If you describe a piece of writing, an idea, or a plan as elegant, you mean that it is simple, clear, and clever. The document impressed me with its elegant simplicity. ADJ • elegantly ...an elegantly simple idea. ADV
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1.
adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin ~-, elegans; akin to Latin eligere to select — more at elect Date: 15th century 1. marked by elegance ~ clothes an ~ solution 2. of a high grade or quality ; splendid ~ gems priced at hundreds of thousands of dollars Synonyms: see choice • ~ly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adj. 1 graceful in appearance or manner. 2 tasteful, refined. 3 (of a mode of life etc.) of refined luxury. 4 ingeniously simple and pleasing. 5 US excellent. Derivatives elegance n. elegantly adv. Etymology: F {eacute}l{eacute}gant or L elegant-, rel. to eligere: see ELECT ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. ирон. щеголь, денди, модник 2. элегантный, изящный elegant room —- со вкусом обставленная комната to be elegant in dress —- элегантно (со вкусом) одеваться 3. утонченный, изысканный a style elegant but not ostentatious —- утонченный, но не вычурный стиль to be elegant in taste —- отличаться утонченным вкусом 4. отточенный, ясный, простой (о формулировке, научном определении и т. п.) elegant proof (demonstration) —- красивое доказательство 5. ам. разг. отличный, первоклассный Id: elegant arts —- изящные искусства ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) изящный, элегантный, изысканный 2) amer.; coll. прекрасный; лучший; первоклассный Syn: de luxe, elaborate, grandiose, luxurious, ornate, sumptuous Ant: inexpensive, mediocre, plain, simple, unadorned, usual, vulgar 2. noun coll. человек с претензиями на элегантность; щеголь ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 very beautiful and graceful (a tall, elegant woman | elegant handwriting) 2 an idea or a plan that is elegant is very clever and simple (an elegant solution to a problem) - elegantly adv - elegance n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- c.1485, from M.Fr. йlйgant, from L. elegantem (nom. elegans) "choice, fine, tasteful," from eligere "select with care, choose." Notion of "refined taste" was present in classical L. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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