Definition for IN-EL'E-GANT

IN-EL'E-GANT, a. [L. inelegans; in and elegans, from the root of eligo, to choose.]

Not elegant; wanting beauty or polish, as language, or refinement, as manners; wanting symmetry or ornament, as an edifice; in short, wanting in any thing which correct taste requires.

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