Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-EL'E-GANT
IN-EL'E-GANCE, or IN-EL'E-GAN-CYIN-EL'E-GANT-LY
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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