'Elegance' definitions:
Definition of 'elegance'
From: WordNet
noun
A refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" [ant: inelegance]
noun
A quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics); "the simplicity and elegance of his invention"
Definition of 'Elegance'
From: GCIDE
- Elegance \El"e*gance\, Elegancy \El"e*gan*cy\, n. [L. elegantia, fr. elegans, -antis, elegant: cf. F. ['e]l['e]gance.]
- 1. The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc. [1913 Webster]
- That grace that elegance affords. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
- The endearing elegance of female friendship. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is elegant; that which is tasteful and highly attractive. [1913 Webster]
- The beautiful wildness of nature, without the nicer elegancies of art. --Spectator.
- Syn: Elegance, Grace. Elegance implies something of a select style of beauty, which is usually produced by art, skill, or training; as, elegance of manners, composition, handwriting, etc.; elegant furniture; an elegant house, etc. Grace, as the word is here used, refers to bodily movements, and is a lower order of beauty. It may be a natural gift; thus, the manners of a peasant girl may be graceful, but can hardly be called elegant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elegance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquired taste,
- amenities,
- appreciation of excellence,
- arabesque,
- attractiveness,
- Babylonian splendor,
- baroque,
- baroqueness,
- beauteousness,
- beautifulness,
- beauty,
- beauty unadorned,
- bloom,
- breeding,
- brilliance,
- charm,
- cheeseparing,
- chic,
- chinoiserie,
- choiceness,
- civilities,
- civility,
- civilized taste,
- civilizedness,
- clothes-consciousness,
- comity,
- convention,
- courtliness,
- coxcombry,
- cultivated taste,
- cultivation,
- culture,
- daintiness,
- dandyism,
- decencies,
- decency,
- decorousness,
- decorum,
- delicacy,
- dignity,
- diplomatic code,
- discrimination,
- ease,
- economy,
- economy of assumption,
- economy of means,
- elaborateness,
- elegancies,
- etiquette,
- euphemism,
- euphuism,
- excellence,
- exquisite manners,
- exquisiteness,
- facility,
- fanciness,
- fastidiousness,
- fineness,
- finesse,
- flamboyance,
- floridity,
- floridness,
- flow,
- floweriness,
- fluency,
- foppery,
- foppishness,
- formalism,
- formalities,
- formality,
- frugality,
- genteelness,
- gentility,
- gentlemanlikeness,
- gentlemanliness,
- gentleness,
- glory,
- glow,
- good breeding,
- good form,
- good manners,
- good taste,
- goody-goodness,
- goody-goodyism,
- gorgeousness,
- grace,
- gracefulness,
- gracility,
- graciosity,
- graciousness,
- grandeur,
- grandiosity,
- grandness,
- handsomeness,
- imposingness,
- impressiveness,
- jauntiness,
- ladylikeness,
- lavishness,
- law of parsimony,
- loveliness,
- lushness,
- luxuriance,
- luxuriousness,
- luxury,
- magnificence,
- majesty,
- manners,
- modesty,
- mores,
- moresque,
- nattiness,
- natural politeness,
- neatness,
- niceness,
- nicety,
- nobility,
- ostentation,
- overelaborateness,
- overelegance,
- overniceness,
- overornamentation,
- overpreciseness,
- overrefinement,
- parsimoniousness,
- parsimony,
- pedantry,
- pinching,
- plushness,
- poetry,
- point of etiquette,
- polish,
- politeness,
- politesse,
- poshness,
- preciosity,
- preciousness,
- precisianism,
- prettiness,
- proprieties,
- propriety,
- protocol,
- proudness,
- pudency,
- pudicity,
- pulchritude,
- punctilio,
- purism,
- quality,
- quiet good manners,
- refinement,
- resplendence,
- richness,
- ritziness,
- rococo,
- rules of conduct,
- scrimping,
- seemliness,
- shame,
- sharpness,
- skimping,
- sleekness,
- smartness,
- smoothness,
- social code,
- social conduct,
- social graces,
- social procedures,
- social usage,
- sophistication,
- spiffiness,
- splendidness,
- splendiferousness,
- splendor,
- state,
- stateliness,
- stinting,
- style,
- subtlety,
- sumptuousness,
- taste,
- tastefulness,
- the beautiful,
- trimness