Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-EL'E-GANCE, or IN-EL'E-GAN-CY
IN-EL'E-GANCE, or IN-EL'E-GAN-CY, n. [See Inelegant.]
Want of elegance; want of beauty or polish in language, composition or manners; want of symmetry or ornament in building; want of delicacy in coloring, &c.
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