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elegance

English

Etymology

From Middle French élégance, from Latin ?legantia (exquisiteness; refinement, elegance).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??l.?.??ns/
  • Hyphenation: el?e?gance

Noun

elegance (usually uncountable, plural elegances)

  1. Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.
  2. Restraint and grace of style.
  3. The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
  4. (countable, dated) A refinement or luxury.

Related terms

  • elegant

Translations


Czech

Noun

elegance f

  1. elegance

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sublimity

English

Etymology

sublime +? -ity, from Middle English sublimitee, sublimite, from Old French sublimité and/or Latin subl?mitas.

Noun

sublimity (countable and uncountable, plural sublimities)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being sublime.
  2. (countable) Something sublime.

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